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Skookum Mine

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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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 10045163
MRDS ID M232847
Record type Site
Current site name Skookum Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.17843, 39.53991 (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 019N 043 06 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

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) -117.17843, 39.53991
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Ore body information

  • Strike N0E
    Dip 60W
    Thickness 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults

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

  • UNKNOWN AMOUNT

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 67.06M
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • A SHAFT WITH ABOUT 220 FT. IN DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE VEIN HAS BEEN TRACED FOR 500 FT ALONG STRIKE
Deposit THIS MINE WAS DEVELOPED BY A SHAFT 100 FEET IN DEPTH, WITH ABOUT 220 FEET IN DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS, ALONG A VEIN THAT STRIKES NORTH AND DIPS 60 DEG-85 DEG W. THEVEIN IS LESS THAN 1 FOOT THICK AND HAS BEEN TRACED ON THE SURFACE FOR ABOUT 500 FEET ALONG STRIKE. IT HAS BEEN MINED DOWNDIP FOR ABOUT 170 FEET. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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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