Falconer

Past Producer in Eureka county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Zinc
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044683
MRDS ID M232245
Record type Site
Current site name Falconer
Alternate or previous names Roberts Mining Co.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.57231, 40.19102 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cortez(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Crescent Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Humboldt(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 027N 048E 21 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Mill Canyon Stock (Quartz Monzonite)
    Rock description Mill Canyon Stock (Quartz Monzonite)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Wen Band Limestone
    Rock description Wen Band Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.57231, 40.19102

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR TO TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Favorable Permeable Horizons At Intersects With Channelways Through Which The Hydrothermal Fluids Passed.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1910
Year of first production 1925

Mining district

District name Cortez District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Roberts Mining Co.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS R.J. ETAL (1967) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO., NEV. BUR. OF MINES BULL 64

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG W.O. (1938) RECONNASSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN EURKA CO. NEV., USBM 1-6 7022

  • Deposit

    EMMONS W.H. (1910) RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN EUREKA, LANDER & ELKO COS USGS BULL 408

  • Production

    ROBERTS, R.J. ETAL., 1967.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SILVER-LEAD OREBODIES AS SMALL IRREGULAR REPLACEMENTS AND VEINS COMMONLY PARRALLEL TO BEDDING ALONG CONTACT BETWEEN LIMESTONE AND INTRUSIVE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-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.

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.