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Grantsville Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Tungsten, 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044426
MRDS ID M231843
Record type Site
Current site name Grantsville Mine
Alternate or previous names Alexander and Brooklyn, Silver Palace, Great Eastern.
Related records 10310479

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.57593, 38.84548 (WGS84)
Elevation 2103
Relative position IN THE OLD MINING TOWN OF GRANTSVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grantsville(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 011N 039E 03 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 72
USGS model code 19a
Deposit model name Polymetallic replacement
Mark3 model number 47

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.57593, 38.84548
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Width 15.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Occurs Within Shattered Limestone Unit, Along Contacts, Bedding Planes And Fractures.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1863
Discoverer P.A. Haven

Mining district

District name Union District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Berryman, E. H.
    Home office Gabbs
    First year 1951
  • Type Operator
    Owner Hogan Mines, Ltd.
    Home office Vancouver
    First year 1970
  • Type Owner
    Owner Cisilini, B.
    Home office Ione
    First year 1951

Comments on the production information

  • BETWEEN 1945-1947, $50,000 WAS PRODUCED. BETWEEN 1939-1940, $100,000 WAS PRODUCED. MINE WAS ACTIVE 1863-1869, 1878-1891, EARLY 1900'S, 1920'S, 1939-1941, WWII, 1945-1947 (DUMPS WERE MILLED), 1949, 1954 (SILVER TAILINGS AND TUNGSTEN ORE), AND EXPLORATION WAS BEING DONE IN 1970.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1609.34M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF FIVE ADITS CONNECTED BY A VERTICAL SHAFT WITH THREE LEVELS, AN INCLINE SHAFT.

Comments on development

  • PROPERTY WAS FIRST CALLED THE GREAT EASTERN MINE. IN 1877 THE CLAIMS WERE RELOCATED BY P. LEFLER AND SOLD TO MANUEL SAN PEDRO AND OTHERS,WHO PATENTED THE CLAIMS AND FORMED THE ALEXANDER CO. A MILL WAS BUILT AND BEGAN OPERATING IN 1878 (40STAMPS BY 1880). IT WAS SOLD IN 1881 AND CHANGED HANDS MANY TIMES THEREAFTER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MIN. RES. OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL 50, P. 201-203

  • Production

    KRAL, 1951, P. 201-202.

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

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