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Unnamed Workings

Past Producer in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodity 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045890
MRDS ID M233764
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Workings

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.46671, 39.22049 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Treasure Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Hamilton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(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

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 White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016N 058E 29 SE4 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • DOWN CATHEDRAL CANYON FROM TOWNSITE OF HAMILTON

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.46671, 39.22049
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Oxidized Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • SURFACE GEOL. ABOVE ADIT & ALSO MATERIAL LYING ON DUMP IS A MED-LT. GRAY LS. THERE IS MINOR OXIDIZED ZONE LOCATED ABOVE MOUTH OF ADIT, WHICH RUNS UP HILL FROM IT. ASSUME ADIT FOLLOWS THIS ZONE (?) A DK-GRAY ON SURFACE TO BUFF COLORED ON WEATHERED SURFACE, SHALE COMPOSED THE CAST SIDE OF DUMP.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name White Pine

Comments on development

  • CAVED ADIT, & SMALL OPEN PIT IN OLD MINE DUMP, PROBABLY MULED DOWN TO LEACH PODS IN HAMILTON.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OBSERVATION

Reporter information

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

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