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Franz Hammel Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044535
MRDS ID M231987
Record type Site
Current site name Franz Hammel Mine
Alternate or previous names Jamestown

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.79034, 37.54106 (WGS84)
Elevation 1682
Relative position 5 MILES EAST OF GOLD CRATER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Civet Cat Cave(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cactus Flat(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cactus-Sarcobatus Flats(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005S 046E 02 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result A DUMP SAMPLE OF ORE CONTAINED 17 OZ AG AND 0.08 OZ AU PER TON. (KRAL, 1951)

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 Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Antelope Springs Rhyolitic Welded Tuff
    Rock description Antelope Springs Rhyolitic Welded Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.79034, 37.54106
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • The Ore Occurs In Brecciated And Silicified Rhyolite Near Andesite.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer Franz Hammel And Anthony Carlone Of Las Vegas

Mining district

District name Wellington District

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL ORE SHIPMENTS ARE SAID TO HAVE BEEN MADE.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 240 FT VERTICAL SHAFT, AND SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 211-212.

  • Deposit

    BALL, S.H., 1906, NOTES ON THE ORE DEPOSITS OF SOUTHWESTERN NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA IN EMMONS, S.F., AND ECKEL, E.C., CONTRIBUTION TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, 1905: USGS BULL. 285

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-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.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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