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Old Whalen Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044659
MRDS ID M232210
Record type Site
Current site name Old Whalen Mine
Alternate or previous names Klondike

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.1023, 40.00409 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Telegraph Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Crescent Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pine(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 025N 052E 34 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Freibergite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.1023, 40.00409
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Roberts Mtn Thrust

Ore body information

  • General form STRATABOUND

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE PROSPECT IS LOCATED IN A WINDOW OF THE ROBERTS MTN THRUST

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1909
Year of first production 1909

Mining district

District name Alpha District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF COPPER-LEAD ORE WAS PRODUCED FROM 1909 TO 1913

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS R.J., ETAL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO. NEV., N.B.OFM. BULL 64

  • Deposit

    VANDERLEY, W. (1977) KLONDIKE CLAIM GROUP, N.B.OF M. DISTRICT FILE 105, ITEM 1

  • Production

    ROBERTS,R.J., ETAL, 1967.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REPLACEMENT OREBODY IN DOLOMITE AND LIMESTONE, IN A WINDOW OF THE ROBERTS MTNS THRUST
Deposit A SMALL AMOUNT OF COPPER, LEAD ORE WAS PRODUCED DURING THE PERIOD 1909-1913 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1980 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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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