| Deposit ID | 10044128 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M231472 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Govenor Bradley Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.15069, 40.41822 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2073 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pershing(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Congress Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Dixie Valley(hydrologic unit)
Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)
Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)
Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Pershing |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 029N | 034E | 03 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Model code | 273 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 36a |
| Deposit model name | Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
| Mark3 model number | 27 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Prida Formation;Rochester Rhyolite |
| Rock description | Prida Formation;Rochester Rhyolite |
| (1) | -118.15069, 40.41822 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Fracture Zone |
| Strike | N-S |
|---|---|
| Dip | 70E |
| Width | 1.52M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1872 |
| District name | Unionville District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M231472 |
CAMERON, 1939, GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE NE HUMBOLDT RANGE, NEVADA; GSA BULL. 50 NO. 4
WHITEHILL, 1873, BIENNIAL REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST OF STATE OF NEVADA FOR YEARS 1871-1872; CARSON CITY, NEV., PRINTER
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DISCOVERED 1872. AN INCLINE WAS SUNK 75 FT ON VEIN. ORE ASSAYED $63 TO $2765 PER TON AG AND $20 TO $180 PER TON GOLD FOUND NEAR THE SURFACE. DEPOSIT FAILED TO BE WORKABLE AT DEPTH. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Deposit | A VEIN OCCURS IN A FAULT FISSURE OF CONSIDERABLE DISPLACEMENT. THE VEIN IS 2 TO 5 FT WIDE. THE DEPOSIT FAILED TO BE WORKABLE AT DEPTH. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1981 | Royse, Sue E. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-SEP-1994 | Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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