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Location 220

Occurrence in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046095
MRDS ID M234018
Record type Site
Current site name Location 220

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.81533, 41.73547 (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
044N 063E 02 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chlorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.81533, 41.73547
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • SERIES OF PARALLEL, N 30-40 E DIKES SHEARED W/GREEN STAINED FELDSPAR VEINING, SOME CUOX STAINING DIKES 1-2 FT THICK UP TO 30 FT THICK. MAINLY QTZ AND FEIDSPAR WITH SOME CHLORITE.
  • SALT SPRINGS WATER WAS COLLECTED IN EVAPORATION VATS AND HALITE WAS PRECIPITATED AND SCRAPED UP. ONE ACRE OF VATS PRODUCED 10 TONS SALT PER DAY FROM JUNE TO OCTOBER.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Contact

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL PRODUCTION ABOUT 60,000 TO 20,000 TONS HALLTE.

Comments on the workings information

  • EVA PORATING VATS

Comments on development

  • SEVERAL SALT-BEARING SPRINGS WERE DISCOVERED IN MARCH, 1870 ALONG THE EAST EDGE OF EAGLE MARSH, WITHIN SEVERAL MILES OF THE CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD. LEETE SOON ORGANIZED THE EAGLE SALT WORKS AND SALT WAS PRODUCED THERE FROM 1871 TO 1913. IT HAD THE LARGEST TOTAL PRODUCTION IN NEVADA AND WAS THE PRINCIPAL SUPPLIER OF SALT TO THE COMSTOCK MILLS AND LATER TO DAIRY AND DOMESTIC USERS. WHEN THE RAILROAD WAS RELOCATED SOME MILES TO THE EAST IN 1903, LEETE ORGANIZED THE EAGLE SALTWORKS RAILROAD CO., AND BUILT A 14.5-MILE STANDARD GAUGE RAILROAD ALONG THE OLD BED FROM FERNLEY TO THE SALT WORKS. IN 1871, AN EFFORT WAS MADE TO OBTAIN BORATE AT THE NORTH END OF THE MARSH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OBSERVATION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AREA OF ACTIVE SALT PRODUCTION OCCUPIED ABOUT 2 SQUARE MILES. PLAYA OCCUPIES AN AREA OF ABOUT 16 SQ MILES.
Deposit VEINS IN PURALLEL DIKES

Reporter information

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

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