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Smoky Valley Mine

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, 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. 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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045181
MRDS ID M232866
Record type Site
Current site name Smoky Valley Mine
Alternate or previous names Smoky, Big Smoky

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.01315, 39.37298 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

North Toiyabe Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 018N 044E 34 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • RIDGE SOUTH OF THE MOUTH OF BIRCH CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Arsenopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Graphite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N65E
    Dip NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Monzonite Contract

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN A QUARTZ VEIN THAT STRIKES N 65DGE E AND DIPS STEEPLY NORTHWEST IN SHALE ALONG A QUARTZ MONZONITE CONTACT. THE VEIN IS 15 TO 20 FT THICK AND CONTAINS SPARSE ARGENTIFEROUS TETRAHEDRITE, GALENA, SPHALERITE, AND ARSENOPYRITE, WITH TRACES OF NATIVE SILVER.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Birch Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

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

Comments on the workings information

  • A CROSSCUT ADIT, SEVERAL SHAFTS, AND MORE THAN 1,000 FT OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, W.O., 193., RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: US BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 7043.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A QUARTZ VEIN IN SHALE; ALONG A QUARTZ MAONZONITE CONTACT
Deposit THIS IS THE LARGEST MINE IN THE DISTRICT. IT CONSISTS OF A CROSSCUT ADIT, SEVERAL SHAFTS, AND MORE THAN 1,000 FEET OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS ON THE RIDGE SOUTH OF THE MOUTH OF BIRCH CREEK. A 20-STAMP MILL WAS CRECTED AT THE MOUTH OF BIRCH CREEK TO TREAT ORE FROM THIS MINE. ; 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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