Llewellyn Prospect ?

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046645
MRDS ID M241837
Record type Site
Current site name Llewellyn Prospect ?

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.58093, 38.27215 (WGS84)
Elevation 1661
Relative position 2-3 MILES N.E OF CROW SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Outlaw Springs SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky 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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005N 039E 22 SE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 22 MILES FROM TONOPAH. EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN BUT UTM IS TO ONE OF 2. SHAFTS SHOWN ON TOPO MAP IN GENERAL VICINITY OF THE PROSPECT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Secondary

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS OF DUMP AND ORE RANGED FROM 0.02-0.1 OZ/TON AU
Result $0.8-144.16 OZ/TON AG
Result $1.20-$146.16/TON IN PB (1922)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.58093, 38.27215

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faulting

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Crow Spring (Royston) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Dave S. Llewellyn, Power-Of-Attorney For Owners
    First year 1922

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 INCLINE SHAFTS, SEVERAL SHALLOW CUTS

Comments on development

  • 10 LODE CLAIMS. 1922 REPORT STATES VEINS ARE "TOO NARROW AND IRREGULAR TO BE MINED AT A PROFIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STOTESBURY, H.W., 1922, PRELIMINARY REPORT FOR T.M. CO. ON LLEWELLYN PROSPECT; NBMG FILE 85, ITEM

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NARROW QUARTZ VEINS IN FISSURE IN GRANITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1982 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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