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Orleans Mine

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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047068
MRDS ID M242311
Record type Site
Current site name Orleans Mine
Alternate or previous names Later Part of Ohio Mines Corp.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.36285, 37.35106 (WGS84)
Elevation 1652

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 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NE OF AND ADJACENT TO THE GREAT WESTERN PROPERTY. UTM IS TO ONE OF THE WORKINGS LOCATED ON THE 5 CLAIMS, 120 ACRES. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE ASSAYS $21/TON (1918). 3-6 OZ/TON AG

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 2.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Of Diorite With Lime-Shale

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1912
Year of first production 1912

Mining district

District name Hornsilver (Gold Point, Lime Point) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Orleans-Hornsilver Mining Co
    First year 1923

Comments on the workings information

  • 200-FT. ORLEANS SHAFT; 580-FT. DUNFEE INCLINE SHAFT (40 DEGREES INCLINE)

Comments on development

  • ACTIVE IN EARLY 1920'S; ONE OF THE LARGER MINES OF THE DISTRICT. RESERVES OF 15,000 TONS MILL ORE CLAIMED IN 1918. OWNED AND OPENED BY CHAMPS D'OR GOLD MINING CO. IN 1912.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINCOLN, F.C., 1923

  • Deposit

    WEED, W.H., ED., 1918, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XIII, P. 1093

  • Deposit

    WEED, W.H., ED., 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL XV, P. 1298.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 308

  • Production

    LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, P. 74; WEED, W.H., 1918, P. 1093. WEED, W.H., 1922, P. 1298.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 ORE SHOOTS 500 FT APART ARE EXPOSED. DUNFEE SHOOT 130 FT LONG, 4-15 FT WIDE AVG. $30/TON

Reporter information

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

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