Nevada Consolidated Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044946
MRDS ID M232589
Record type Site
Current site name Nevada Consolidated Mine
Related records 10295558

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.88125, 41.02489 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 12 MILES WNW OF WINNEMUCCA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Barrett Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Osgood Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Quinn(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 036N 036E 01 SE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • SECORNER SEC 1: ADJOINS PANSY-LEE MINE ON SOUTH; +/- 1000 M.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

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 Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Rock unit name Raspberry Formation
    Rock description Raspberry Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.88125, 41.02489

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N-S
    Dip 65-70E

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ne-Trending Shear Zones; Fissure Veins

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.COM: VEINS ARE A FEW INCHES TO 5 FT. WIDE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1929
Year of first production 1935

Mining district

District name Ten Mile District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Nevada Consolidated Mines

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 914.4M
    Overall depth 80.77M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG, BULL. 59.

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, W.O., 1938, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICS IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA; USBM INFO. CIRC. 6995.

  • Production

    WILLDEN R., 1964.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 9 CLAIMS AND 80 ACRES OF PATENTED RAILROAD LAND
Deposit ORGANIZED IN 1929, THE COMPANY'S HOLDINGS COMPRISE 9 CLAIMS AND 80 ACRES OF PATENTED RAILROAD LAND NEAR BARRETT SPRING. DEVELOPMENT CONSISTED OF A SHAFT 265 FT DEEP AS WELL AS SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET OF OTHER WORKINGS. IT IS ON THE SAME VEIN AS THE PANSY LEE MINE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-81 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-MAY-87 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-94 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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.