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Edwin Giles Mine

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Mercury, Sulfur, Silica
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046812
MRDS ID M242024
Record type Site
Current site name Edwin Giles Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.17452, 37.56745 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN, To Workings Shown On Topo In General Area Of The Mine

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ralston(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cactus-Sarcobatus Flats(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 004S 043E 29 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 0.25 MILE WEST OF THE ECLIPSE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Sulfur Secondary
Silica Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Sulfur Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Intense Hydrothermal Alteration

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.17452, 37.56745
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Cuprite District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT PITS, 60-FT SHAFT

Comments on development

  • ORIGINALLY PROSPECTED FOR SILICA, AND A QUANTITY OF VERY PURE SILICA WAS SHIPPED TO THE PACIFIC COAST

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, A.M., AND CARPENTER, JAY, 1931, INSPECTION TRIP, NBMG FILE 86, ITEM

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CINNABAR DISSEMINATED THROUGHOUT ALTERED VOLCANICS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-82 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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