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Water Witch Mine

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045542
MRDS ID M233309
Record type Site
Current site name Water Witch Mine
Alternate or previous names Little Jewel Mine, Gold Circle Co.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.79678, 41.25322 (WGS84)
Relative position 1/2 MILE NORTH OF MIDAS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oregon Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tuscarora(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rock(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 039N 046E 20,17 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

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 Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.79678, 41.25322
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • ALONG A PROMINENT PLANE OF MOVEMENT THERE IS FROM 1 - 12" OF RICH GOLD ORE A THREE FT. ZONE OF SHEETED, SHATTERED RHYOLITE IS SAID TO CARRY $20 TO THE TON (EMMONS, 1910)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1910
Year of first production 1910

Mining district

District name Gold Circle

Comments on the workings information

  • AT LEAST ONE SHAFT SUNK ALONG THE SHEETED ZONE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRANGER A. E. ETAL (1957) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO. NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 54

  • Deposit

    EMMONS W. H. (1960) RECONNAISSANCE OF ELKO, LANDER AND EUREKA CO. NEV. USGS OPEN FILE REPORT

  • Deposit

    ROTT E. H. (1931) ORE DPEOSITS OF THE GOLD CIRCLE DIST. NEV, NEV. BUR. OF MINES BULL 12

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AT LEAST ONE SHAFT HAS NEEN SUNK ALONG THE SHEETED ZONE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit VEIN IN A SHEETED ZONE OF SHATTERED RHYOLITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-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.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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