Nevada Mine

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Iron
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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045968
MRDS ID M233869
Record type Site
Current site name Nevada Mine
Alternate or previous names Sue Group, Ivy Wilson Group.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.83367, 41.73408 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Henry(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jackpot(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wells(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salmon Falls(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(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 Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 044N 063E 03 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON THE IVY WILSON NO. 5 CLAIM

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Secondary
Iron Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Nontronite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 59
USGS model code 18b
Deposit model name Skarn Cu
Mark3 model number 8

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.83367, 41.73408

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Granodiorite Stock With Assoc. Faults, Fractures

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, POCKETS
    Dip STEEPLY W
    Width 3.66M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Granodiorite Contact, Faults, Fractures, Dikes

Comments on the geologic information

  • LODE DIPS STEEPLY WEST-SLICIFIED & REPLACED LIMESTONE, SOME ORE POCKETS ALONG CROSS-FRACTURES IN WALL RX.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Contact (48)

Comments on development

  • IN 1929 AND 1930, 500 TONS OF ORE WERE SHIPPED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C. (1935) THE CONTACT MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BUL. 847-A.

  • Deposit

    HOPE, R.A. & COATS, R.R. (1976) PRELIM. GEOLOGIC MAP OF ELKO CO., NEV: USGS OFR 76-779.

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C., (1912)

  • Production

    SCHRADER, F.C. (1935) (1912)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IN 1929 AND 1930, 500 TONS OF ORE WAS SHIPPED. THE LODE IS 5-12 FEET WIDE AND DIPS STEEPLY WEST. FOOTWALL ROCK IS MOSTLY GRANODIORITE, AND HANGING WALL ROCK IS LIMESTONE. LODE MATERIAL IS LIMESTONE EXTENSIVELY SILICIFIED AND REPLACED. SOME OF THE ORE IS IN POCKETS ALONG CROSS FRACTURES IN THE WALLROCK (SCHRADER, 1935, P 36) ORE FROM THIS MINE CONTRIBUTED TO THE CONTACT SMELTER (ABOUT 1895) (SCHRADER 1912 P 130) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit LODE-SILICIFIED AND REPLACED LIMESTONE. SOME ORE IS IN POCKETS ALONG CROSS-FRACTURES IN THE WALLROCK. LODE DIPS STEEPLY WEST

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1979 Weimer, Becky S. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.