Arrowhead Annex Mining Co.

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Silver
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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045675
MRDS ID M233465
Record type Site
Current site name Arrowhead Annex Mining Co.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.17283, 38.09523 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position ABOUT 4.5 AIRMILES N03W FROM OLD REVEILLE TOWNSITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Reveille(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warm Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hot Creek-Railroad Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003N;003N 052E;51 30 ;24 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN NORTHERN PART OF DISTRICT ADJOINING ARROWHEAD BONANZA CO. GROUND ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Strong

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Welded Tuff
    Rock unit name Tuff Of Arrowhead
    Rock description Tuff Of Arrowhead
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Welded Tuff
    Rock unit name Tuff Of Arrowhead
    Rock description Tuff Of Arrowhead

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.17283, 38.09523

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults Striking Ene, Dipping 25 N

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1919

Mining district

District name Arrowhead District; Needles District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Arrowhead Annex Mining Co.
    First year 1922

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT WAS SUNK AND HOIST ERECTED

Comments on development

  • 4 CLAIMS. ARROWHEAD ANNEX MINING CO. WAS INCORPORATED IN 1919 AT WHICH TIME A SHAFT WAS SUNK AND A HOIST ERECTED. OPERATIONS CONTINUED UNTIL 1920.NO ACTIVITY IN 1985

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WEED, W.H., ED., 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XV.

  • Deposit

    WEED, W.H., ED., 1921, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XIV

  • Deposit

    USGS MAP I-806

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 1985, FIELD NOTES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1981 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-JUL-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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