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Stampede

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gemstone
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045146
MRDS ID M232815
Record type Site
Current site name Stampede

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.14843, 41.18907 (WGS84)
Elevation 2201

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tuscarora(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Owyhee(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(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 Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 038N 052E 09 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Turquoise Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.14843, 41.18907
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description N65e

Ore body information

  • General form STRATAFORM
    Dip 65 NW
  • General form STRATAFORM
    Dip 65 NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Occurs Along Bedding Planes

Comments on the geologic information

  • TURQ OCCURS AS NODULES AND SEAMS, IS VERY HARD AND OF GOOD COLOR. TURQUOISE ALSO OCCURS AS FLOAT IN BULLIES, AND WAS RECOVERED DURING THE EARLY WORKING OF THE GOLD PLACERS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1968
Year of first production 1968

Mining district

District name Beaver

Comments on the production information

  • LESS THAN $500,000 WORTH OF PRODUCTION

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 21.34M

Comments on the workings information

  • 70 FT. X 40 FT. PIT

Comments on development

  • OPERATED AS AN OPEN-PIT MINE PRIOR TO 1968

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, R.M.(1976-56) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO. NEV., USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT

  • Production

    SMITH, R.M.(1976)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TURQUOISE OCCURS AS NODULES AND SEAMS AND IS OF VERY GOOD COLOR
Deposit THE STAMPEDE MINE OPERATED PRIOR TO 1968, AS AN OPEN PIT APPROX. 70 FT. LONG AND 40 FT. WIDE. TOTAL PRODUCTION OF TURQUOISE IS LESS THAN $500,000

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1979 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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