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Brougher-Divide Mining Co. Property

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, 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. Alteration
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047017
MRDS ID M242257
Record type Site
Current site name Brougher-Divide Mining Co. Property
Alternate or previous names Anchor, Leland Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.24591, 38.0005 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002N 042E 27 CENTER Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 72 ACRES NORTH OF THE TONOPAH DIVIDE MINE; 7 CLAIMS. UTM IS TO APPROXIMATE CENTER OF CLAIM BLOCK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1982

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerargyrite Ore
Gold Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Potassic, Phyllic, Propylitic, Zoned Around Fractures And Fault Zones

Analytical data

Result $24/TON ORE CUT IN 1918

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.24591, 38.0005
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 21.34M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Divide (Gold Mountain) Mining District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Brougher Divide Mining Co.; E. B. Brougher, President
    First year 1923

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 213.36M
    Overall depth 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • 500 FT SHAFT, 296 FT WINZE (1923), RAISES, TRENCHES, CROSSCUTS

Comments on development

  • ACTIVE IN 1923

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA; NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO., RENO, NV.

  • Deposit

    KNOPF, ADOLPH, 1921, US.GS BULL. 715-K.

  • Deposit

    NBMG REPORT 33, P. 124.

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 92, P. 121-128.

  • Deposit

    WEED, W.H., ED., 1920, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL XIV, P. 1130.

  • Deposit

    WEED, W.H., ED., 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XV, P. 1154-1155.

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED CLAIM MAP OF DIVIDE DISTRICT, ON FILE AT NBMG.

  • Production

    BONHAM AND GARSIDE, 1979, P. 125

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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