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Carrie Mine

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gemstone, Silver, Lead, Antimony, Zinc, Copper, Molybdenum, Tungsten
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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. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046669
MRDS ID M241863
Record type Site
Current site name Carrie Mine
Alternate or previous names Hidden Treasure, Myers and Bona Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.67454, 38.16382 (WGS84)
Elevation 2149
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 2.5 AIR MILES S25E FROM GILBERT SITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gilbert(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring 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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004N 038E 35 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NORTH SIDE OF MONTE CRISTO RANGE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TURQUOISE IN VOLCANIC ROCKS IS SOFT WITH POOR COLOR; BLACK SLATE CONTAINS BETTER QUALITY, HARD, SKY-BLUE TO GREENISH TURQUOISE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Galena Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Turquoise Ore
Epidote Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitic; Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Gilbert Andesite
    Rock description Gilbert Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Rock unit name Palmetto
    Rock description Palmetto
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.67454, 38.16382
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form NODULES, SEAMS, VEINLETS
    Strike N-S
    Dip 50W
    Thickness 0.05M
    Width 12.19M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Between Slate And Volcanics; Zone Of Shearing In Limestone

Comments on the geologic information

  • SLATE STRIKES N20W, DIPS 30-50SE. A SILICIFIED LEDGE CUTS ACROSS IT AT RIGHT ANGLES. VEINS PRODUCED SILVER ORE TO A DEPTH OF 175 FT, BUT WERE RICHEST ABOVE 50 FT. PRINCIPAL ORE SHOOT WAS 40 FT WIDE AND EXTENDED FROM SURFACE TO A DEPTH OF OVER 100 FT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1897
Discoverer John B. Gilbert And H.P. Thompson

Mining district

District name Gilbert District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Rocky Mountain Gem Co. Of Denver, Colorado. (1920'S-1930'S?)
  • Type Owner
    Owner Chris Hansen Of Reno And Jack Hansen Of Tonopah.
    First year 1968

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 35.05M
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • 100-FT SHAFT, 75-FT TUNNEL WITH ABOUT 40 FT OF DRIFTS AND STOPES, AN OPEN PIT NEAR THE SHAFT AND SEVERAL SMALLER PITS; INCLINED SHAFT AT LEAST 230 FT. DEEP. IN 1927 THERE WERE 370 FT. OF DRIFT ON 100-FT LEVEL, 310 FT ON THE 175-FT LEVEL AND 350 FT ON THE 230 FT LEVEL WITH CONSIDERABLE STOPING

Comments on development

  • IN 1907, THE MINE WAS LEASED TO H.M. MYERS AND CHARLES A BONA AS AN AG-PB MINE. THEY DEVELOPED IT AS A TURQUOISE PRODUCER. WHEN PRODUCTION FELL OFF, THEY DROPPED THE LEASE AND GILBERT'S 3 SONS FRED, HERMAN AND LOGAN RAN THE MINE FOR A WHILE, AFTER WHICH IT WAS ALLOWED TO LAPSE. THE CLAIM WAS RELOCATED BY EMORY JOHNSON WHO SOLD IT TO ROCKY MOUNTAIN GEM CO. OF DENVER, COLORADO, IN 1928. THE COMPANY OPERATED THE MINE FOR A TIME BUT ABANDONED OPERATIONS AND LET THE CLAIM LAPSE. IT WAS RELOCATED BY CHRIS HANSEN OF RENO AND JACK HANSEN OF TONOPAH. INACTIVE IN 1965

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRISSEY, F.R., 1968, NBM REPORT 17, P. 6.

  • Deposit

    SILBERMAN, M.L., AND MCKEE, E.H., 1974, IN NBMG REPORT 19, P. 71.

  • Deposit

    ALBERS, J.P. & STEWART, J.H., 1972, NBMG BULL 78, PL. 2.

  • Deposit

    LAWRENCE, E.H., 1963, NBMG BULL 61, P. 65.

  • Deposit

    FERGUSON, H.G., 1927, USGS BULL 795-F, P. 138-139.

  • Production

    MORRISSEY, F.R., P. 7.; FERGUSON, 1927, P. 138

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NODULES, SEAMS AND VEINLETS ALONG CONTACT BETWEEN SLATE AND VOLCANIC ROCKS. NODULES RANGE UP TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER, SEAMS UP TO A HALF INCH THICK. BEST TURQUOISE IS IN SOFT ALTERED AREAS IN THE BLACK SLATE. SILVER ORE CONSISTS OF SILVER-BEARING BASE METAL SULPHIDES IN QUARTZ REPLACEMENT VEINS ALONG A 3-10-FT WIDE SHEAR ZONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-82 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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