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Geddes & Bertrand Mine

Producer in Eureka county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Iron
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044798
MRDS ID M232388
Record type Site
Current site name Geddes & Bertrand Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.98368, 39.42243 (WGS84)
Relative position 14 MILES SOUTH OF EUREKA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pinto Summit(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Hamilton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Smoky-Newark Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 018N 053E 11 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Iron Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Geddes Limestone
    Rock description Geddes Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.98368, 39.42243
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractured Permeable Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ORE BODIES OCCURRED AS IRREGULAR MASSES ALONG FRACTURE ZONES IN CARBONATE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1875
Year of first production 1875

Mining district

District name Eureka District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • THE MINE PRODUCED OVER 32,000 TONS OREWORTH OVER $1,000,000.00 DURING THE 1870'S AND 1880'S.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 304.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT; 1000-FT. ADIT

Comments on development

  • WORKED DURING THE 1870'S AND 1880'S; THE PROPERTY CONSIST OF 5 CLAIMS AND 2 MILL SITES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    USB OF M (ELY) MILS NO 105, REFERENCE NO 3201100144.

  • Deposit

    VANDERBERG W.O. (1938) RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN EUREKA CO. NEV. USBM 1.C. 7022

  • Deposit

    NOLAN T.B. (1962) THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, PROF PAPER 406

  • Deposit

    BOWDISH F.W. (1978) SAMPLE TESTING FROM GEDDES-BERTRAND MINE, NBM DISTRICT FILE III, ITEM 16

  • Production

    NOLAN, T.B., (1962)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1870'S
Deposit OREBODIES OCCUR AS IRREGULAR MASSES ALONG FRACTURE ZONES IN CARBONATE.
Deposit WORKED DURNG THE 1873'S AND 1880'S THE PROPERTY CONSIST OF FIVE CLAIMS AND 2 MILL SITES. THE MINE PRODUCED OVER 32,000 TONS OF ORE WORTH MORE THAN 1,000,000. DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF A SHAFT AND AN ADIT 1,000 T. LONG. RESULTS OF METALLURGICAL TEST CAN BE FOUND IN BOWDISH'S REPORT (1978). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1980 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-OCT-1984 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) 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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