Weaver Canyon Mine

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044136
MRDS ID M231481
Record type Site
Current site name Weaver Canyon Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.19291, 40.2749 (WGS84)
Elevation 1728

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rochester(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Carson Desert(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 028N 034E 19 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Biotite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Rutile Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitized

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 Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.19291, 40.2749

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • NUMEROUS QUARTZ-TOURMALINE VEINS OCCUR IN LOCALLY SERICITIZED, LIMONITIC ROCHESTER FLOWS MINOR COVELLITE AND CHALCOCITE BLEBS OCCUR IN THE ARSENOPYRITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rochester District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE ADIT OF UNDETERMINED LENGTH

Comments on development

  • NO APPARENT ACTIVITY IN 1985

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VIKRE, P. G., 1978, GEOLOGY AND SILVER MINERALIZATION OF THE ROCHESTER DISTRICT, PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: PD.D. THESIS STANFORD UNIV.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M. G., 1977, NBMG BULL. 89.

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H. F., JR., SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION OF ROCHESTER DISTRICT

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONE ADIT OF UNDETERMINED LENGTH. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Deposit NUMEROUS QUARTZ-TOURMALINE VEINS OCCUR IN LOCALLY SERITICIZED, LIMONITIC ROCHESTER FLOWS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-MAY-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.