| Deposit ID | 10045311 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M233012 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Endowment Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.36123, 38.28743 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Mineral(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Moho Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(hydrologic unit)
Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)
Central Nevada Desert Basins(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Mineral |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 005N | 033E | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Gangue |
| Copper | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Smithsonite | Gangue |
| Sphalerite | Gangue |
| Model code | 85 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 22c |
| Deposit model name | Polymetallic veins |
| Mark3 model number | 46 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite |
| Rock unit name | Dunlop |
| Rock description | Dunlop |
| (1) | -118.36123, 38.28743 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Ne-Trending Faults |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Strong Folding With Local Overturning, Tert And Quat Faulting |
| General form | LINEAR |
|---|---|
| Width | 1.83M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Discoverer | Early 1860'S |
| District name | Silver Star District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M233012 |
ROSS, D.C., 19618 GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG
LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA: RENO, NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO, P137-157.
COUCH, B.F., AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1943, NEVADA'S METAL AND MINERAL PRODUCTION (1859-1940, INCLUSIVE): NEVADA UNIV. BULL., V. 37, NO 4, GEOLOGY AND MINING SER. NO. 38.
VANDERBURG, W.O., 1937. RECONNAISSAFICE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA. U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. ARE. 6941, 79 P.
HILL, J.M., 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWESTERN NEVADA: USGS BULL. 594.
ROSS, D.C., 1961, TABLE 6.7.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | TWO VEINS WHOSE WIDTH VARIES FROM SEVERAL INCHES TO 6 FEET, AND WHICH STRIKE SOUTHEAST TO EAST AND DIP SOUTH ABOUT 45DEG OCCUR IN QUARTZITE, CONGLOMERATE, AND ARGILLITE. OXIDIZED ORES CONTAIN SILVER MINERALS WITH OSSOCIATED CERUSSITE, SMITHSONITE AND COPPER CARBONATES; THE OXIDIZED ORE CONSISTS OF GALENA, SPHALERITE, PYRITE, AND CHALCOPYRITE. |
| Deposit | THIS AREA WAS PART OF THE FIRST ACTIVITY IN THE DISTRICT, WHEN SILVE AND LEAD BEGAN TO BE PRODUCED IN THE 1860'S. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1981 | Flynn, Patricia Dodd | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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