| Deposit ID | 10045564 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M233331 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Rip Van Winkle |
| Geographic coordinates: | -116.00036, 41.12046 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Elko(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Blue Basin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Tuscarora(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Humboldt(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Elko |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 037N;038N | 053E;053E | 03;34 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Result | TOTAL PRODUCTION AVERAGED $19 TON (SMITH) |
|---|
| 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 > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| (1) | -116.00036, 41.12046 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | East-Dipping Fault System, & N. Striking Rev. Fault |
| General form | TABULAR, BEDDED |
|---|---|
| Length | 182.88M |
| Width | 1.22M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1918 |
| Year of first production | 1918 |
| District name | Merrimac |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 1066.8M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M233331 |
SMITH R.M. (1976-56) MINERAL RES. OF ELKO CO. NEV., USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT
GRANGER A.E., ETAL (1957) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO. NEV, NEV. BUR. OF MINES BULL 54
SMITH, R.M., (1976), P.112.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | VEIN DEPOSITS ARE LOCALIZED ALONG A SEGMENT OF A NORTH-STRIKING REVERSE FAULT THAT DIPS STEEPLY WEST. THE VEINS ARE ALSO BOUNDED BY STEEP EAST-DIPPING MINERALIZED NORMAL FAULTS. BRANCH VEINS & BEDDED REPLACEMENT BODIES NEAR VEINS WERE ALSO MINED. |
| Deposit | MAJOR PRODUCER IN DISTRICT FROM 1918-1954 THE MINE IS DEVELOPED BY APPROX 1000 FT. OF SHAFTS AND 3,500 FT. OF DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-OCT-1979 | Kirkham, Richard A. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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