Oklahoma Mine

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Iron
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044990
MRDS ID M232640
Record type Site
Current site name Oklahoma Mine
Alternate or previous names Blackbart, Top of Them All, Dorothy, Daisy, Bluebird.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.60628, 41.59182 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676
Relative position 60 MILES N. OF JUNGO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dyke Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denio(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vya(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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 043N 030E 17,20 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 12 MILES W. OF QUINN RIVER CROSSING

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Hematite 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
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.60628, 41.59182

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Breccia

Comments on the geologic information

  • NARROW VEINS, PARALLEL AND 350 TO 450 FT. APART, UP TO 2000 FT. LONG

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1914
Year of first production 1914

Mining district

District name Dyke Canyon Area(Florence Mining District)

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW SHAFTS, OPEN CUTS

Comments on development

  • 6 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUSTON, M.B., 1914, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE OKLAHOMA MINE, ON FILE AT NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES.

  • Deposit

    UNTITLED, UNDATED, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE OKLAHOMA GOLD MINING CO. ON FILE AT NEV. BUREAU OF MINES.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A FEW SHALLOW INCLINED SHAFTS AND OPEN OUTS DEVELOP THE 6 CLAIMS. PLANS FOR MILL CONSTRUCTION WERE UNDER WAY IN 1914 ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-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

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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