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Detroit Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, 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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047170
MRDS ID M242424
Record type Site
Current site name Detroit Mine
Alternate or previous names Part of Bristol Silver Mines Co. Property In 1924, Detroit Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.62084, 38.08885 (WGS84)
Elevation 2124
Relative position ABOUT 0.6 MILE N20 W FROM SYNDER SHAFT OF BRISTOL MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bristol Range SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wilson Creek Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dry Lake Valley(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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003N 066E 30 PROJECTED FROM EAST Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED AREA. 450 FT N OF THE IRON MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Gold Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SHIPMENTS CONTAIN A LITTLE MORE ZN THAN THOSE OF THE IRON MINE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 72
USGS model code 19a
Deposit model name Polymetallic replacement
Mark3 model number 47

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.62084, 38.08885
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Iron Fissure

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Iron Fissure

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Bristol-Jackrabbit District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 137.16M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT 450 FT DEEPT, AND A FEW SHALLOW SURFACE CUTS ABOUT 50 FT SOUTH OF THE SHAFT

Comments on development

  • WORKED UNDER THE IRON MINE LEASE IN 1924

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NBMG DISTRICT FILE 171, ITEM 21, UNPUB REPORT, 1924, BY G.W. CRANE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALL WORK IS ON THE IRON FISSURE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1985 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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