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Alto Divide Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046663
MRDS ID M241857
Record type Site
Current site name Alto Divide Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.71176, 38.11937 (WGS84)
Elevation 1878
Relative position ABOUT 0.25 MILE SOUTH OF WATER TANKS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Devils Gate(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 003N 038E 16 NW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 0.5 MILE NORTH OF THE ORIGINAL GILBERT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.71176, 38.11937
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Breccia Zone (?) Cemented By Fine-Grained Silica

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1925

Mining district

District name Gilbert (Desert) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 27.43M

Comments on the workings information

  • 30-FT DEEP SHAFT; 90-FT SHAFT A FEW HUNDRED FT NORTH, ACROSS ROAD, ON A SMALL VEIN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALBERS AND STEWART, 1972, NBMG BULL. 78, PL. 2

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1978, MILS DATA

  • Deposit

    FERGUSON, H.G., 1927, USGS BULL 795-F, P.143

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL VEIN OF FINE-GRAINED QUARTZ AND DARK SILICEOUS MATERIAL WITH RHYOLITE FRAGMENTS AND SMALL CHERT FRAGMENTS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-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.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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