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Common Wealth

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold
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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. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045610
MRDS ID M233386
Record type Site
Current site name Common Wealth

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.2351, 41.32296 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tuscarora(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tuscarora(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Owyhee(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 040N 051E 34 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Silver Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Inner, Late-Stage Adularization And Early Propylitization.

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) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.2351, 41.32296
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NW
    Dip 65SW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1890
Year of first production 1890

Mining district

District name Tuscarora District

Comments on the production information

  • THE MAJORITY OF PRODUCTION TOOK PLACE PRIOR TO 1890.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT PLUS OTHER WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • MAJORITY OF PRODUCTION WAS PRIOR TO 1890

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    R.M., 1976, USGS OFR 76-56 P.162

  • Deposit

    NOLAN, T.B., 1936, NBMG BULL 25.

  • Production

    NOLAN, T.B., (1936)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TYPICAL BONANZA-TYPE EPITHERMAL VEIN DEPOSIT. ORE WAS LARGELY THE RESULT OF ENRICHMENT DUE TO CIRCULATING METEORIC WATER WITH A BARREN LEACHED SURFACE ZONE SUCCEEDED DOWNWARD BY A RELATIVELY SHALLOW ZONE OF RICH ORE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-79 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.

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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