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Mandalay Mines Co. Property

Occurrence in Humboldt 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. 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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045055
MRDS ID M232713
Record type Site
Current site name Mandalay Mines Co. Property
Related records 10271279

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.51988, 40.8635 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position 3 MILES S. OF ANTELOPE SPUR ON W.P.R.R.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sawtooth Knob(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 035N 031E 31,32 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE IN UNSURVEYED AREA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

Analytical data

Result 0.2 OZ AU
Result 17.48 OZ AG

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 Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.51988, 40.8635
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E-W
    Dip SOUTH, STEEP
    Length 609.6M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1920

Mining district

District name Sawtooth District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mandalay Mines Co.
    First year 1921
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mandalay Mines Co.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BLACKBURN, W. H., 1921, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON MANDALAY MINES CO., ON FILE AT NEV. BUR. MINES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 18 UNPATENTED CLAIMS
Deposit 18 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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Authoritative Nevada resources

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