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Francis Mine

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044607
MRDS ID M232114
Record type Site
Current site name Francis Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.81871, 37.71994 (WGS84)
Elevation 2469
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 5 MILES E-NE OF PIPER PEAK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mohawk Mine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002S 037E 36 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Copper Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.81871, 37.71994
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Northeast Fault Dipping 63 Nw.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1920
Discoverer Sanger And Taylor

Mining district

District name Red Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Natural Soda Products Co.
    Home office Bishop, Calif.
    First year 1923

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT WAS PRODUCED IN 1922.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA: RENO, NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO., P. 60

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-81 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

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