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Original Bullfrog Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper
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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. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044477
MRDS ID M231920
Record type Site
Current site name Original Bullfrog Mine
Alternate or previous names Burm Ball Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.88395, 36.90052 (WGS84)
Elevation 1250
Relative position SOUTH EDGE OF BULLFROG MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bullfrog Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beatty(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Death Valley National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012S 045E 12 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerargyrite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Silver Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite 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 > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.88395, 36.90052
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Original Bullfrog Fault.

Ore body information

  • Thickness 18.29M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along The North Contact Of The Central Domal Uplift Of Basement Rocks Into The Tertiary Pyroclastics.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1904
Discoverer Shorty Harris And Ed Cross

Mining district

District name Bullfrog District

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Burmeister, J. And Ballinger, W. S.
    Home office Auburn, Ca
    First year 1951

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 550 FT SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, F.L., ET AL, 1910, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BULLFROG DISTRICT: USGS BULL. 407, P. 122.

  • Deposit

    KRAL, VE, 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 35-36

  • Production

    KRAL, 1951, P. 35

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1981 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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