| Deposit ID | 10045443 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M233186 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Garfield Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Blue Light, Eldorado Mining Co. |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.31151, 38.45048 (WGS84) |
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Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Mineral(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Mable Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Walker Lake(hydrologic unit)
Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)
Central Lahontan(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 | 007N | 033E | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Excelsior | ||||||
| Rock description | Excelsior | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Excelsior;Luning |
| Rock description | Excelsior;Luning |
| (1) | -118.31151, 38.45048 |
|---|
| Width | 2.74M |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1882 |
| Discoverer | Joshua Mass, Amos Everson |
| Year of first production | 1882 |
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | W. J. Harris Of Reno, J. H. Miller Of Hawthorne - Eldorado Mining Co. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Eldorado Mining Co. |
| First year | 1928 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 3218.6M |
| Overall depth | 106.68M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M233186 |
ROSS, 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 58
VANDERBURG, 1937, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; USBM IC 6941
LINCOLN, 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA; NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO.
COUCH AND CARPENTER, 1943, NEVADA'S METAL AND MINERAL PRODUCTION; NBMG BULL. 37 NO. 4
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THREE INTERLACING VEINS FROM 3 INCHES TO 9 FEET THICK |
| Deposit | PROPERTY OPERATED BY HAMPTON PLAIN EXPLORATION CO. ABOUT 1890. ABOUT 5,000 TONS OF ORE TREATED. LATER ACQUIRED BY ELDORADO MINING CO. ORGANIZED IN 1928 WITH PROPERTY COMPRISED OF 13 PATENTED CLAIMS. IN 1936 EIGHT CLAIMS OF THE GARFIELD GROUP LEASED TO F. P. MERRY AND ASSOCIATES, TREATED 10,000 TONS OF DUMP ORE IN 1936. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1981 | Royse, Sue E. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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