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Gilbraltar Silver Mining Co.

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold
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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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10044248
MRDS ID M231623
Record type Site
Current site name Gilbraltar Silver Mining Co.
Alternate or previous names Gibraltar, Gibraltar Nos.1-8 Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.20342, 38.72965 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position 0.75 MILES NORTH OF MOUTH OF JETT CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pablo Canyon Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern 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 010N 042E;043E; 17; 18 12,13 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • APPROXIMATE LOCATION. TO NEAR CENTER OF CLAIM BLOCK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Gold Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Strong Silicification

Analytical data

Result HIGH-GRADE ORE WAS REPORTED TO ASSAY ABOVE 30% PB WITH A CONTENT OF 3 OZ. AG TO EACH PERCENT BASE METAL.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.20342, 38.72965
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 457.2M
    Width 18.29M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault (?) Dike (?)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1919

Mining district

District name Jett District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY CROSSCUT TUNNELS AND SURFACE OPEN CUTS.

Comments on development

  • COMPANY WAS INCORPORATED IN 1919

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    WEED, W.H., 1922, MINES HANDBOOK VOL.XV, P.1045.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VERY LITTLE INFORMATION WAS AVAILABLE ON THE PROSPECT EXCEPT THAT IT WAS A BASE METAL MINE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-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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Authoritative Nevada resources

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