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Vulcan Mine

Occurrence in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Mercury, 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. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044993
MRDS ID M232644
Record type Site
Current site name Vulcan Mine
Alternate or previous names Northwestern Mining Co. Claims, Winnemucca Claim, Empire Claim, Vulcan Claim
Related records 10295257

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.76791, 40.99795 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position 3 MILES NW OF WINNEMUCCA (EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Winnemucca West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower 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 036N 037E 13 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • E. SIDE WINNEMUCCA MTN.; 2 MILES FROM S.P.R.R. . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(01?)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bournonite Ore
Cinnabar Ore
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result ERRATIC ASSAY REULTS: UP TO $52.11/TON AG
Result TO 43% PB
Result TO 7.8% CU
Result TO 65.7% FE
Result 53% HG (PICKED VEIN SAMPLE)

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 177
USGS model code 27a
Deposit model name Hot-spring Hg

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.76791, 40.99795
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N57W
    Dip 66S
    Thickness 6.1M

Comments on the geologic information

  • "IRON LEDGE" OVER 20 FT. THICK, TRACEABLE ACROSS 4 CLAIMS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Winnemucca District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Northwestern Mining Co.
    First year 1913

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIRDEVAN, W. H., 1913, REPORT ON THE VULCAN MINES CO., UNPUBLISHED, ON FILE AT NEV. BUREAU OF MINES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 5 CLAIMS
Deposit 5 CLAIMS ; 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.

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