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Valley Group

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Arsenic, Gold, Tungsten, Mercury
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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. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Production statistics
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044252
MRDS ID M231627
Record type Site
Current site name Valley Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.24036, 38.73187 (WGS84)
Elevation 2158
Relative position ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF JETT CREEK, ADJACENT TO THE DAM.

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 15 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary
Arsenic Critical Secondary
Gold Secondary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Mercury Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Partly Oxidized 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 > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Palmetto Formation
    Rock description Palmetto Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.24036, 38.73187
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • No Information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Jett District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Niceley, T. J.
    Home office Tonopah
    First year 1951
  • Type Owner
    Owner J. R. Mitchell Of Round Mountain And W. J. Lee Of Mina

Production statistics

  • Year 1948
    Period 1948
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Contained 11.1% Pb, 0.3% Cu, 1.3% Zn, 4.1% As, 14.7 Oz Ag, 0.08 Oz Au Per Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Ore Gold Gold 2g/mt
    Major Ore Silver Silver 415g/mt
    Ore Arsenic Arsenic 4wt-pct
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 1wt-pct
    Ore Copper Copper 0wt-pct
    Major Ore Lead Lead 11wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 100 FT LONG ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 83-84

  • 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.

  • Production

    KRAL, 1951, P. 83

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

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