| Deposit ID | 10046868 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M242092 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Oswald Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Oswald Claims, Oswell Property |
| Geographic coordinates: | -116.0131, 37.74356 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1768 |
| Relative position | 2 MILES SW OF POINT WHERE STATE HIGHWAY ENTERS LOW HILLS OF S. QUINN CANYON RANGE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Nye(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Monotony Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Cactus Flat(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Hot Creek-Railroad 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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Nye |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 002S | 053E | 28 | E2 OF E2 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mercury | Primary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Cinnabar | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Smithsonite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | TRAIL RUN OF 1400 POUNDS OF SELECTED CINNABAR ORE PRODUCED 14 POUNDS OF HG (1951). |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite |
| Rock unit name | Nopah Formation (Windfall) |
| Rock description | Nopah Formation (Windfall) |
| (1) | -116.0131, 37.74356 |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1938 |
| District name | Queen City District-Also Known As Blackhawk District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Federal |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Oswald, Mrs. Katherine And Others |
| Home office | Tonopah |
| First year | 1951 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M242092 |
CORNWALL, H.R., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 77, P. 40
KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL 50, P. 92
BAILEY & PHOENIX, 1944, NBMG BULL 41, P. 155
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1983 | Hefner, M.L. (Tingley, J.V.) | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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