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Indian Valley Mine

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Antimony, 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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  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 10045107
MRDS ID M232771
Record type Site
Current site name Indian Valley Mine
Related records 10125738

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.57042, 41.84044 (WGS84)
Elevation 1807
Relative position 60 MILES N OF WINNEMUCCA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buckskin Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Quinn River Valley(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)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 046N 039E 27 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 1/4 MILE NE OF THE NATIONAL MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Of Rhyolite,-Kaolinization

Analytical data

Result TRACE GOLD AND LESS THAN 1 OZ/TON AG.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 104
USGS model code 25a
Deposit model name Hot-spring Au-Ag
Mark3 model number 45

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.57042, 41.84044
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N8E
    Dip 80W
    Thickness 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciation

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.COM: VEIN UP TO 5 FT. WIDE, CONTAINING FRAGMENTS OF ALTERED RHYOLITE, QUARTZ STRINGERS, STIBNITE: CEMENTING FRAGMENTS OF RHYOLITE WITH FINELY DIVIDED PYRITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1925

Mining district

District name National District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • UNKNOWN AMOUNT

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEV: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 59

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., 1915, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE NATIONAL MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. BULL. 601

  • Deposit

    LAWRENCE, E. F., 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS FO NEVADA; NEV. BUR., MINES BULL. 61

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ; MODEL NAME COULD ALSO BE: SIMPLE SB.
Deposit A 500-FT. ADIT WAS DRIVEN ON A STIBNITE VEIN UP TO 5 FT. WIDE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S

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

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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