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Austin Handpan Mine

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045194
MRDS ID M232880
Record type Site
Current site name Austin Handpan Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.06037, 39.49214 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Austin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 019N 044E 20 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • CHOSE A SHAFT IN W 1/2

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Cerargyrite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Polybasite Ore
Proustite Ore
Pyrargyrite Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stephanite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Ankerite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Graphite Gangue
Molybdenite Gangue
Psilomelane Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrolusite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Rhodochrosite 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 Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.06037, 39.49214
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fractures

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR VEIN
    Strike N30W
    Dip NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Joint And Fault Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Reese River District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

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

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

    POSS, C.P., 1953, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE REESE RIVER DISTRICT, LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 997.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCALLY THE VEIN PATTERN IS RETICULATE, WITH SMALL, IRREGULARLY SPACED ORE SHOOTS THAT MAY BE AS MUCH AS 5 FT THICK.

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.

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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