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Greenah Mine

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead
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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. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045162
MRDS ID M232846
Record type Site
Current site name Greenah Mine
Alternate or previous names Lemaire Mine, Gweenah Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.18899, 39.55602 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vigus Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Edwards Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Reese(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 Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 020N 043E 31 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE VALUED AT $118/TON, WITH SILVER ASSAYED AT 155 OZ/TON AND GOLD AT .14 OZ/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.18899, 39.55602
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Ore body information

  • Strike N28W
    Dip 85NE
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE VEIN IS A FEW INCHES TO 4 FEET THICK. THE ORE OCCURS IN SHOOTS, THE LARGEST OF WHICH WAS ABOUT 100 FEET LONG, FROM 2 TO 3 FEET THICK, AND EXTENDED DOWNDIP ABOUT 60 FEET.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Skookum District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • BETWEEN $5,000 TO $100,000 PRODUCED TO 1969

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 121.92M
    Overall depth 45.72M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITSOF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 88.

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, W.O., 1939, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 7043.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ORE OCCURS IN SHOOTS
Deposit THE MINE IS DEVELOPED BY A SHAFT ABOUT 150 FEET DEEP WITH ABOUT 400 FEET OF DRIFTS ON TWO LEVELS. THE VEIN HAS BEEN MINED FOR ABOUT 300 FEET ALONG STRIKE, AND ABOUT 150 FEET DOWNDIP. THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN INACTIVE SINCE 1935.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1981 Flynn, Patricia Dodd Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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