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Solberry 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 10047086
MRDS ID M242334
Record type Site
Current site name Solberry Mine
Alternate or previous names Takey Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.72621, 37.79772 (WGS84)
Elevation 2256
Relative position ABOUT 5.8 AIRMILES N 60 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)

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 002S 038E 02 NE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN EXTREME HEAD OF NEW YORK CANYON. UTM IS TO ONE SHAFT CENTRALLY LOCATED ON THE CLAIM ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MINOR AG & PB

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Microcline Gangue
Orthoclase Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification; Sericitization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Wyman Formation
    Rock description Wyman
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.72621, 37.79772
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ring Fracture Zone Of Silver Peak Caldera
Type of structure Local
Structure description Post-Ore Crushing; N-Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Thickness 0.61M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Silver Peak District (1865)

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SHORT TUNNEL, STOPE , 3 OLD SHAFTS (INACCESSIBLE)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    QUADE, J., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, 6/JUN/82

  • Production

    SPURR, J.E., (1906)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ LENSES (3 OR MORE, PARALLEL)

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.

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