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Esta Buena Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Antimony, Lead
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044202
MRDS ID M231568
Record type Site
Current site name Esta Buena Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.75594, 38.96853 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Relative position 0.25 MILES SOUTH OF ELLSWORTH TOWNSITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ellsworth(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013N 038E 30 NW OF NW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.75594, 38.96853
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 45W
    Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along A Thrust Fault.

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE THRUST FAULT EMPLACED A GRANITIC BODY OVER LIMESTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Ellsworth District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Thad Holcomb Of Reno

Comments on the production information

  • THIS MINE IS CREDITED WITH THE LARGEST PRODUCTION IN THE DISTRICT

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • DUMP MATERIAL AVG 10 OZ/TON AG

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN INCLINE SHAFT (CAVED), A 615 FT ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 111

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSIT OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.

  • Production

    KRAL, 1951, 111

  • Reserve-Resource

    KRAL, 1951, P. 111.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LAST WORKED IN 1929. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

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