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Arrowhead Esperanza Mines Co.

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045679
MRDS ID M233469
Record type Site
Current site name Arrowhead Esperanza Mines Co.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.16283, 38.09273 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position ABOUT 4.4 AIRMILES N05E 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 052E 30 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN NORTHEASTERN PART OF DISTRICT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Welded Tuff
    Rock unit name Monotony Tuff
    Rock description Monotony Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Glassy Rock > Pumice
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Monotony Tuff
    Rock description Monotony Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.16283, 38.09273
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thrust Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description Nnw-Trending Fault; E-W-Trending Fault

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 Esperanza Mines Co.

Comments on development

  • ORGANIZED IN 1919 TO DEVELOP CLAIMS IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE DISTRICT. 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, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION

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.

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