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Rainy Day

Occurrence in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Gold, Silver
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045875
MRDS ID M233734
Record type Site
Current site name Rainy Day

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.93393, 39.6091 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Steptoe Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kern Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Spring-Steptoe 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 White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 020N 063E 07 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Carbonation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 90

Comments on the geologic information

  • MED. GREY LIMESTONE CUT WITH MASSIVE/CRYSTALLINE WHITE CALCITE VEINS, FINE GRAINED, ELLIPSOIDAL PODS OF GALENA DESSIMINATED THROUGHOUT LIMESTONE. ARAGONITE CRYSTALS COAT LIMESTONE FRACTURE SURFACES. LIMESTONE BEDDING PLANE N8W, 24W.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Granite

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Salvi, A. And Rob., And Teinko, Joe
    First year 1976

Comments on the workings information

  • SINGLE ADIT N70W ENTERS VERTICAL SHEAR ZONE

Comments on development

  • MINE, CHUTE, BUILDING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OBSERVATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1982 Mohsen, Ahmed F. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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