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Mustang Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity 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. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  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. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044294
MRDS ID M231690
Record type Site
Current site name Mustang Mine
Alternate or previous names 1922-Midas Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.0812, 38.54132 (WGS84)
Elevation 2164
Relative position WEST OF MANHATTAN, ON MUSTANG HILL

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 044 19 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Barite Gangue
Diopside Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Iron Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.0812, 38.54132
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description The Bedding Planes Strike N 75 E, Dip 55 Nw.

Ore body information

  • General form PIPE-LIKE SHOOTS
    Strike N 30 E
    Dip 90

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Pipes Are Localized At Intersections Of Joints Or Faults With Bedding Planes, And Follow The Dip Of The Limestone.

Comments on the geologic information

  • DISSEMINATED GOLD OCCURS AS CRYSTALS AND SHOT-LIKE PELLETS IN ILLITE WITH ADMIXED MINOR FINE-GRAINED QUARTZ.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1905

Mining district

District name Manhattan District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mark Bradshaw And Emmett Q. Yates
    First year 1951

Comments on the production information

  • SURFACE TRENCHES PRODUCED $10,000. THE PRINCIPAL PIPE PRODUCED $40,000. POSSIBLE PRODUCTION OF 500-1000 TONS ORE FROM A SMALL INCLINED STOPE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 1609.34M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF THE 275 FT MUSTANG SHAFT WITH THREE LEVELS, LARGE TRENCHES, AND GOPHER-LIKE UNDERGROUND WORKINGS. WORKINGS CONNECT WITH THOSE OF THE THANKSGIVING MINE. ALSO A LARGE OPEN CUT NEAR THE TOP OF THE HILL HAS BEEN MINED.

Comments on development

  • WAR EAGLE CYANIDE MILL STANDS ON MUSTANG GROUND THE SHAFT WAS RETIMBERED BY RELIANCE MINING CO.IN ABOUT 1937; AND AGAIN BY THE JEFFERSON LAKE SULPHUR CO. IN 1946.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 121-122.

  • Deposit

    FERGUSON, H.G., 1924, GEOL. & ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MANHATTAN DISTRICT: USGS BULL 723, P. 157

  • Production

    KRAL, 1951, P. 122.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MUSTANG VEINPIPE-LIKE SHOOTS TO 2 BY 5 FT DIAMETER ARE DEVELOPED FOR 100 FT DOWN-DIP

Reporter information

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

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