Monkey Wrench Wash Diggings

Occurrence in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046498
MRDS ID M241667
Record type Site
Current site name Monkey Wrench Wash Diggings
Alternate or previous names Monkey Wrench Claim
Related records 10222243

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.79528, 37.49025 (WGS84)
Elevation 1722
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position UTM IS APPROXIMATE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Delamar(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Clover Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dry Lake Valley(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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005S 064E 23 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN MONKEY WRENCH WASH; ABOUT A HALF MILE N. OF THE MAGNOLIA MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Iron Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES IN 1891 RAN AS HIGH AS 4000 OZ/T AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Broad E-W Anticline Pitchinge.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Intersection Of Fault Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1891

Mining district

District name Delamar District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • "A FEW DIGGINS" NONE VERY EXTENSIVE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAKER, ARTHUR III, 1964, SCOUTING REPORT: NBMG FILE 167, ITEM 1.

  • Deposit

    NBMG DISTRICT FILE 166; PRESS CLIPPING, 1891.

  • Deposit

    EMMONS, S.F., 1901, AIME TRANS., VOL. XXXI, P. 665

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ RUSTY IRREGULARLY REPLACES A N-STRIKING FAULT ZONE AWAY FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH A W-STRIKING ONE, VEIN WAS OPENED IN 1891

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1984 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) 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

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