Berlin Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Antimony, Iron
Sections on this page
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044420
MRDS ID M231836
Record type Site
Current site name Berlin Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.60677, 38.88159 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Relative position IN THE MINING TOWN OF BERLIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ione(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

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 012N 039E 28 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Antimony Critical Secondary
Iron Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Marcasite Ore
Pyrite Unknown

Analytical data

Result AG/AU RATIO WAS 7-12 AG TO 1 AU. SULFIDE CONTENT OF ORE WAS ABOUT 2

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 Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Pablo Formation
    Rock description Pablo Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.60677, 38.88159

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Two Sets Of Faults Which Cut The Veins

Ore body information

  • Strike N - E
    Dip 45 SE
    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
Discovery year 1898
Discoverer Bell And Bray

Mining district

District name Union District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner The Nevada Co.,
    First year 1951

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 4827.9M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN INCLINE SHAFT 360 FT DEEP WITH EIGHT LEVELS.

Comments on development

  • OWNED BY THE NEVADA CO. IN 1898, BY THE GOLDFIELD-BLUEBELL CO. IN 1908 AND BY THE NEVADA CO. IN 1928. A. A. SMITH TREATED TAILINGS 1911-1914. 16 PATENTED CLAIMS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL 50, P. 199-200

  • Deposit

    SMITH, A.M.,1920'S,UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE BERLIN MINE: NBMG FILE 258, ITEM 5.

  • Production

    KRAL, 1951, P. 199

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

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.