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Millett 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044391
MRDS ID M231803
Record type Site
Current site name Millett Mine
Alternate or previous names Gold Pocket Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.21732, 39.00909 (WGS84)
Elevation 1975
Relative position 2.15 MILES W-SW OF MILLETT RANCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Millett Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(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 013N 042E 01,02 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Epidote Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Partial Oxidation Of Ore Minerals

Analytical data

Result 1980-A SELECTED GRAB SAMPLE CONTAINS: (IN PPM) 10000 CU, 150 PB, 200 ZN, 0.6 AU, 200 AG, 70 BI, 700 MN, 700 BA

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Gold Hill
    Rock description Gold Hill

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.21732, 39.00909
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N55E
    Dip 55SE
    Thickness 0.15M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along The Contact Of The Gold Hill Formation And The Granitic Pluton. Shear Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • CLOTS OF PYRITE IN VEIN; EPIDOTE ON SHEAR SURFACES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Twin River District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Meyer, Philip And Louis
    First year 1964

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF NUMEROUS PROSPECTS AND SHAFTS.ADITS (3) UP TO SEVERAL HUNDRED FT LONG, CUTS, STOPES, AND REMAINS OF MILL AT MOUTH OF CANYON IN 1981.

Comments on development

  • GOLD ORE FIRST SHIPPED IN 1906 TO AUSTIN, NEVADA AND THEN BY RAIL TO SALT LAKE CITY. PROSPECTED IN 1950'S

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

    TINGLEY, J.V.,1981, FIELD EXAMINATION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IN SHEAR ZONE, SEVERAL PARALLEL NARROW SHEAR ZONES, AND SOME MINERALIZATION IS DISSEMINATED IN WALLROCKS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1981 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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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