| Deposit ID | 10045254 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M232949 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Yankee Blade Claims |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.04871, 39.54548 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Lander(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Yankee Blade(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
Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Lander |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 019N | 044E | 05 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| 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 |
| Result | ASSAYED AT $3220.47 IN 1864 |
|---|
| Model code | 85 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 22c |
| Deposit model name | Polymetallic veins |
| Mark3 model number | 46 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite | ||
| |||
| (1) | -117.04871, 39.54548 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Fractures, Postmineral Faults |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Reese River District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M232949 |
STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 88.
ROSS, C.P., 1953, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE REESE RIVER DISTRICT, LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 997.
HUGHES, H.H., 1955, CONFIDENTIAL REPORT ON THE AUSTIN, NEVADA PROPERTIES OF HERCULES MINES COMPANY (UNPUB.): NBMG FILES.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | A NUMBER OF MINES IN THE YANKEE BLADE AREA WERE WORKED IN 1863, AND SOME WERE PRODUCTIVE AS EARLY AS 1865. AS THE EARLY MILLS INCLUDED NO PROVISION FOR FREEING SILVER IN SULFIDES, THEY PROVED INEFFICIENT AS ORE CAME FROM DEPTH. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Deposit | RETICULATE VEIN PATTERN WITH ORE SHOOTS GENERALLY LESS THAN 100 FT LONG. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1981 | Flynn, Patricia Dodd | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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