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Gibraltar Silver Hill Mining Co.

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, 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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  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. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045740
MRDS ID M233553
Record type Site
Current site name Gibraltar Silver Hill Mining Co.
Alternate or previous names Shea-Putnam Group of 8 Claims: Wake-Up-Jim Claims, Oversight, Boa Constrictor Claims.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.1987, 38.74243 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position To Near Center Of Claim Block

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pablo Canyon Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 010N 043E 07 W2 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 1-2 MILES NNE OF MOUTH OF JETT CANYON. NORTH OF GIBRALTAR SILVER MINES CO. CLAIMS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Gold Secondary

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.1987, 38.74243
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Length 1371.6M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1920
Discoverer Mr. Harry Stimler (One Of The Locators)

Mining district

District name Jett District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Gibraltar-Silver Hill Mining Co

Comments on development

  • COMPANY WAS INCORPORATED IN 1920. PROPERTY COVERS 140 ACRES-8 CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WEED, W.H., 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XV, P. 1045

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SAME BIG VEIN AS ON GIBRALTAR SILVER MINES CO. GROUND TO SOUTH, PLUS 2 LESSER VEINS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-81 La Pointe, D. D. 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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