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Broncho Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  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 10044286
MRDS ID M231681
Record type Site
Current site name Broncho Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.08009, 38.5416 (WGS84)
Elevation 2158
Relative position ON MUSTANG HILL; WEST OF MANHATTAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Manhattan(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

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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008N 044E 19 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Fluorite Unknown

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Gold Hill Formation
    Rock description Gold Hill Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.08009, 38.5416
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description A Vertical Fault.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vertical Fault Containing Dike Of Rhyolite Tuff.

Comments on the geologic information

  • IRREGULAR SILICIFIED STREAKS PARALLEL TO BEDDING CONTAIN FLUORITE, PYRITE, AND A LITTLE FREE GOLD.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Manhattan District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the production information

  • SOME PRODUCTION IN 1908 AND 1909. AMOUNT UNKNOWN.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FERGUSON, H.G., 1924, GEOL. AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MANHATTAN DISTRICT: USGS BULL. 723, P. 158

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MINE IS ON THE SAME FAULT AS THE MUSTANG AND THANKSGIVING WORKINGS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-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

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