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Noble Mine

Past Producer in Pershing 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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044919
MRDS ID M232554
Record type Site
Current site name Noble Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.58571, 40.73378 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Scossa(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eugene Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Quinn(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 033N 030E 15;10 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 600 FT. E OF SCOSSA VEIN; UTM APPROXIMATE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Electrum Ore
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.58571, 40.73378
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne-Sw Fracture Zones

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • At Or Near Intersecction Of Vein And Dike

Comments on the geologic information

  • HIGH GRADE GOLD ORE WAS FOUND IN THE NOBLE VEIN AT A POINT WHERE IT CROSSES THE SCOSSADIKE, HOWEVER THE ORE IS SPORADICALLY DISTRIBUTED IN SMALL POCKETS IN THE VICINITY OF TWO CROSS FRACTURES WHICH MADE A JUNCTION WITH THE VEIN AT THIS POINT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1931
Year of first production 1931

Mining district

District name Scossa District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Noble, George
    First year 1930

Comments on the production information

  • 150 TONS ORE EXTRACTED IN 1931

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • SURFACE CUTS, SHAFT

Comments on development

  • INACTIVE AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1984

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G.,1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL,89

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, 1936, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA;USBM 1C 6902

  • Deposit

    JONES ET AL, 1931, PRELIMINIARY SURVEY OF THE SCOSSA MINING DISTRICT, PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL.25 NO.4

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 3 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

  • Production

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCATED ON THE PARALLEL VEIN EAST OF THE SCOSSA VEIN. DEVELOPED BY A 150 FT.SHAFT, SUNK IN 1931, AND SOME SURFACE CUTS, BY GEORGE NOBLE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1981 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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