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Soda Mine

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodity 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047084
MRDS ID M242332
Record type Site
Current site name Soda Mine
Alternate or previous names Soda Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.71565, 37.78577 (WGS84)
Elevation 2149
Relative position ABOUT 5 AIRMILES N 65 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 038E 12 NE OF NW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 1/4 MILE DUE WEST OF TARANTULA SPRING. UTM IS TO APPROXIMATE CENTER OF CLAIM ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result BEST ORE ASSAYED $40/TON (1906 PRICES)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.71565, 37.78577
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Strike N-S
    Dip 25E
    Thickness 0.13M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Silver Peak District (1865)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SPURR, J.E.(1906) USGS PROF. PAPER NO. 55.

  • Deposit

    SHAMBERGER, H.A., 1976, SILVER PEAK: HISTORIC MINING CAMPS OF NEVADA SERIES, NO. 8: NEVADA HISTORICAL PRESS, CARSON CITY,NEVADA.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL LENSES OF QUARTZ

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

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