Unknown Sample Location 044

Occurrence in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Silver
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046021
MRDS ID M233927
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown Sample Location 044

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.16117, 40.29798 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Medicine Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ruby Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elko(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Long-Ruby 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 Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.16117, 40.29798

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 0.3M

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN N 35 E, 75 NE DIP VEIN 1FT THICK MOSTLY WHITE XTALLING BARITE CLOTS FEOX+MNO. WALL ROCK MOD. THIN BEDDED, TAN, SILTY LIMESTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mud Springs

Comments on the workings information

  • OLD ADIT & LARGE DUMP ON SITE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FIELD EXAMINATION BY J.V., TINGLEY, NBMG, ON 8/1/80

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN OF BARITE
Deposit OLD ADIT & LARGE DUMP ON SITE ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1981 Beintz, J.L. 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.