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Mcfadden Tunnel and Shaft

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047176
MRDS ID M242432
Record type Site
Current site name Mcfadden Tunnel and Shaft

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.61167, 38.08468 (WGS84)
Elevation 2307

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. UTM IS TO TUNNEL; SHAFT IS NEARBY ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Secondary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.61167, 38.08468
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Cross-Faults

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures, Intersections Of Structures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL AND SHAFT, DRIFTING

Comments on development

  • 20 TONS OF FAIR SHIPPING ORE WAS DEVELOPED HERE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NBMG DISTRICT FILE 171, ITEM 31, MAPS

  • Deposit

    TSCHANZ, C.M. AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, NBMG BULL 73

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MCFADDEN VEIN (PART OF MAY DAY FISSURE) IN BRECCIATED LIMESTONE

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.

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