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El Paso Mine

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Antimony
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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. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044970
MRDS ID M232620
Record type Site
Current site name El Paso Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.48429, 41.17517 (WGS84)
Elevation 1609
Relative position 20 MILES NE OF WINNEMUCCA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Delvada Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Osgood Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little 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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 038N 040E 16 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • S 1/2 OF NW 1/4 OF NW 1/4 OF SEC. 16.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NONE RECORDED BUT SOME HIGH-GRADE ORE REPORTED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Stibnite Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.05 OZ/TON AU
Result 1.5 OZ/TON AG

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Harmony Formation
    Rock description Harmony Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.48429, 41.17517
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Strike N20E
    Dip WEST, STEEPLY

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone, Brecciation

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.COM: DISCONTINUOUS, BRECCIATED QUARTZ STRINGERS IN FAULT ZONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Dutch Flat District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Dutch Flat Mines Inc.

Comments on the production information

  • CONSIDERABLE GOLD REPORTEDLY PRODUCED FROM HIGH-GRADE POCKETS OF ORE.

Comments on the workings information

  • DRIFT, STOPED TO SURFACE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT CO., NEV: NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 59.

  • Deposit

    HOTZ, P. E., AND WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE OSGOOD MTNS QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT CO., NEV; U.S.G.S. PROF. PAOER 431.

  • Production

    WILLDEN, R., 1964

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONSIDERABLE GOLD REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN PRODUCED FROM SMALL, HIGH-GRADE POCKETS OF ORE. DRIFT ALONG FAULT ZONE, STOPED TO SURFACE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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