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Reliance 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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044297
MRDS ID M231693
Record type Site
Current site name Reliance Mine
Alternate or previous names Copenhagen Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.08675, 38.54299 (WGS84)
Elevation 2121
Relative position 0.75 MILE W-NW 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)

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
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.08675, 38.54299
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N W
    Dip 90

Controls for ore emplacement

  • No Information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1932
Discoverer Charles Dearing, Matt Kane, And Another Party.

Mining district

District name Manhattan District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Manhattan Gold Dredging Co.
    First year 1947
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mark Bradshaw And Hugh S. Van Wagonen

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1219.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF THE 464 FT DEEP RELIANCE SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 119

  • Production

    KRAL, 1951, P. 119

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LITTLE GRAY VEIN

Reporter information

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

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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