Oregon Mine

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  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 10045233
MRDS ID M232923
Record type Site
Current site name Oregon Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.05176, 39.49631 (WGS84)
Elevation 2139

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)

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 019N 044E 20 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • CHOSE A POINT IN W 1/2 SEC

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold 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
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrolusite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Rhodochrosite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result ASSAYED AT $149.25/TON IN 1864

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.05176, 39.49631

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fractures, Postmineral Joints

Controls for ore emplacement

  • 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 Mine

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 210.31M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE SURFACE PORTION OF THE LODE HAS BEEN WORKED BY 10 INCLINE AND LEVELS FROM ITTO A DEPTH OF 360 FT ON THE INCLINE OF THE LODE. THE OREGON, A VERTICAL SHAFT, CUTS THE VEIN AT A DEPTH OF 240 FT, AND AT A DEPTH OF 290 FT A CROSSCUT WAS RUN NORTHEASTERLY, CUTTING THE VEIN AGAIN. FROM ALL THESE POINTS LEVELS HAVE BEEN RUN

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

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

  • Deposit

    HUGHES, H.H., 1955, CONFIDENTIAL REPORT ON AUSTIN, NEVADA PROPERTIES OF HERCULESMINES COMPANY (UNPUB): NBMG FILES.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RETICULATE VEIN PATTERN WITH IRREGULAR ORE SHOOTS AVERAGING 620 FT LONG.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-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

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.