1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Graham

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Antimony, Silver
Map
XML
JSON
KML
B
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045502
MRDS ID M233263
Record type Site
Current site name Graham

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.49924, 41.70129 (WGS84)
Relative position 4 MILES NORTH OF CHARLESTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Marys River Basin NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jarbidge Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wells(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bruneau(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(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 Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 044N 057E 13,14 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Antimony Critical Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.49924, 41.70129
ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE MINE IS ON A QUARTZ LODE IN LIMESTONE. THE QUARTZ FORMS A VEIN WITHIN THE LIMESTONE, AND AN 18-INCH WIDE ORE SHOOT WITHIN THE QUARTZ-VINE CONTAINED $16 IN CU AND GOLD (1914). STIBNITE OCCURS AS SINGLE CRYSTALS APPARENTLY DEPOSITED LATER THAN ARSENOPYRITE. A GRAB SAMPLE OF DUMP MATERIAL ASSAYED 26% SB, .018% SELENIUM, .9% CU, .8 OZ/TON AU, 2.08 OZ/TON AG (LAWRENCE, 1963 P. 44)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Charleston

Comments on the production information

  • ORE RAN $16/TON CU (AND AU) IN 1914; ORE ALSO CONTAINED SOME SILVER.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 457.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • 600 FEET OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS WITH A 900-FT. TUNNEL DRIFT AND SEVEN ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, R. M. (1976-56) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO.NEV., USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT

  • Deposit

    GRANER, A. E. ET AL, 1957, MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO. NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 54

  • Deposit

    LAWRENCE, E. F. (1963) ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 61

  • Production

    GRANGER, A. E. ET AL, (1957)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCATED ON A HILLSIDE A FEW HUNDRED FEET WEST OF SEVENTY SIX CREEK. IT CONSISTED OF 600 FT. OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS, W/A TUNNELL DRIFT OF 900 FT. AND SEVEN ADITS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1979 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative Nevada resources

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