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Scotia Mine

Past Producer in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodity Silver
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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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045357
MRDS ID M233064
Record type Site
Current site name Scotia Mine
Alternate or previous names Silver Star No. 2 Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.70069, 39.08963 (WGS84)
Elevation 1338
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 0.2 MILE WEST OF CAMP TERRELL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Terrill Mountains(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fallon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gabbs Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 014N 029E 11,12 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerargyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Strong Hydrothermal Alteration

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.70069, 39.08963
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Vein Has Been Faulted

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Dip STEEPLYS
    Thickness 0.76M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1915
Year of first production 1915

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 121.92M
    Overall depth 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPENED BY A 150-FT SHAFT AND 400 FT OF CROSSCUTS AND DRIFTS

Comments on development

  • REPORTED TO BE ACTIVE IN 1915

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C., 1947, USGS OFR

  • Production

    SCHRADER, F.C., USGS OFR, (1947)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN IS 2.5FT THICK ON THE 100 FT. LEVEL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-81 La Pointe, D.D. 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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