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American Basin Mine

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodity Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044130
MRDS ID M231473
Record type Site
Current site name American Basin Mine
Related records 10271921

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.15264, 40.53239 (WGS84)
Elevation 2256

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Star Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eugene Mountains(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 031N 034E 27 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM APPROXIMATE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Covellite Ore
Silver Ore
Barite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicified, Sericitized, Pyritized

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Prida Formation
    Rock description Prida Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.15264, 40.53239
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fracture Zone

Ore body information

  • Strike N55W
    Dip 75-90N

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Fissures (Fractures)

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF VEINS ALONG FAULT FISSURES OF SMALL DISPLACEMENT, CONNECTED WITH STOCK-WORKS IN CERTAIN BEDS. FROM PORTAL OF ADIT A 4 TO 12 INCH FISSURE VEIN FOLLOWS ALONG A FAULT FISSURE IN SANDSTONE, AT 160 FEET IT INTERSECTS THE OVERLYING SILTY LIMESTONE AND ABRUPTLY CHANGES TO A STOCKWORK. IN AN INCLINED STOPE WEST OF THIS POINT VEIN MATERIAL IS CONFINED TO A SINGLE BED OF SILTY LIMESTONE FORMING A TYPICAL BED VEIN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Star District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • A SERIES OF TRENCHES AND ADITS

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A MINERALIZED ZONE ON THE LOWER 150 FEET OF PRIDA FORMATION IS EXPOSED BY A SERIES OF TRENCHES AND ADITS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit A MINERALIZED ZONE IN THE LOWER 150 FT OF THE PRIDA FORMATION. DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF VEINS ALONG FAULT FISSURES OF SMALL DISPLACEMENT, CONNECTED WITH STOCKWORKS IN CERTAIN BEDS. FROM THE PORTAL OF THE ADIT A 4 TO 12 INCH FISSURE VEIN FOLLOWS ALONG A FAULT FISSURE IN SANDSTONE. AT 160 FT IT INTERSECTS THE OVERLYING SILTY LIMESTONE AND ABRUPTLY CHANGES TO A STOCKWORK. IN AN INCLINED STOPE WEST OF THIS POINT, VEIN MATERIAL IS CONFINED TO A SINGLE BED OF SILTY LIMESTONE FORMING A TYPICAL BED VIN.

Reporter information

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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