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Swallow Canyon Adit

Occurrence in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046918
MRDS ID M242147
Record type Site
Current site name Swallow Canyon Adit
Alternate or previous names Usbm Sample Localities #221-225

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.34417, 38.84523 (WGS84)
Elevation 2088
Relative position ABOUT 1.7 MILES NNE OF THE TUNGSTEN QUEEN MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Minerva Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Garrison(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Spring-Steptoe 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 White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 011N 068E 04 CENTER Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON NORTH SIDE OF SWALLOW CANYON. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Tungsten Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Alteration Of Limestone

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES #221-#225 ASSAYED 0-1.6 OZ/T AG, 0.09-3.04% PB, 0-0.05% W (SEE ATTACHED TABLE FOR ASSAY DATA)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Pole Canyon Limestone
    Rock description Pole Canyon Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.34417, 38.84523
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 0.15M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Shoshone (Minerva, Lexington, Tungsten) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 135-FT ADIT, SHAFT, STUCK PILE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1983, OPEN FILE REPORT NLA 68-83

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN WITH GOUGE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1983 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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