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Western Soldier Mine

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
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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 10047083
MRDS ID M242331
Record type Site
Current site name Western Soldier Mine
Alternate or previous names Part of the Blairgroup.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.70259, 37.79272 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Relative position ABOUT 4.5 AIRMILES N 55 W FROM TOWN OF SILVER PEAK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(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 002S;002S 039E;038E 06 W2 (06); E2 (01) Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • EAST OF THE DRINKWATER MINE. UTM IS TO NEAR CENTER OF CLAIM ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Quartz Gangue
Pyrite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification; Sericitization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.70259, 37.79272
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Small Post-Ore Reverse And Normal Faults

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE WAS CRUSHED BY FAULTING AFTER MINERALIZATION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1865
Discoverer Charles Roe, Seymour Hughes, J.H. Nash, J.H. Phillips, J.C. Mccardy, E.G. Carpenter, T.H. Cole, E.G. Nash.

Mining district

District name Silver Peak District (1865) ; Mineral Ridge District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • THE BLAIR GROUP (DRINKWATER, CROWNING GLORY, WESTERN SOLDIER) COMBINED) PRODUCED ABOUT $1,080,000. IN GOLD UP TO 1906.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ZONE OF OVERLAPPING QUARTZ LENSES, EACH UP TO 5 OR 6 FEET THICK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1981 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.

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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