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Mable Mine

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Uranium
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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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047047
MRDS ID M242289
Record type Site
Current site name Mable Mine
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 1364
Related records 10231673

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.31674, 37.30995 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Last Chance Range(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 007S 41E 25 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillie

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Rock unit name Wyman Formation
    Rock description Wyman

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.31674, 37.30995
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Fault (Ternding E-W, Then Corving N45w).
Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults, Fracturing

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.91M

Comments on the geologic information

  • HOST ROCKS ARE HIGHLY FRACTURED AND FE STAINED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hornsilver (Gold Point, Lime Point) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • ABUNDANT SURFACE CUTS AND TRENCHES, SEVERAL CAVED SHAFTS.

Comments on development

  • RECENT SURFACE AND SUBSURFACE EXPLORATION (1-3 YEARS EARLIER) REPORTED IN 1983.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH/BENTZ, 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, 10 MAY 83

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ AND CALCITE VEIN MATERIAL WAS NOTED ON PUMP, BOTH HIGHLY BRECCIATED, CEMENTED WITH LIMONITE STAINED SILICA, CARRYING OXIDIZED PYRITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1983 Lyles, B.F. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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