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O.S.L. Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Iron, 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047178
MRDS ID M242434
Record type Site
Current site name O.S.L. Mine
Alternate or previous names Red Cloud Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.6114, 38.08302 (WGS84)
Elevation 2380

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 30,31 PROJECTED FROM EAST Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED AREA. IN HEAD OF A GULCH ABOUT 300 FT S65 W FROM HILLSIDE SHAFT, 100 FT DELOW ITS COLLAR ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Iron Secondary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Galena Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.6114, 38.08302
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults, Fissures

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • On May Day Fissure At Intersection With A Strong N-S 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 BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • 150-FT INCLINE SHAFT WITH LATERAL-STOPPING FROM IT

Comments on development

  • SEVERAL THOUSAND TONS OF ORE REPORTED SHIPPED FROM THIS MINE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRANE, G.W., 1924, UNPUB. REPORT ON BRISTOL SILVER MINES; NBMG DISTRICT FILE 171, ITEM 21, P. 23

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE OCCURS AS REPLACEMENT ALONG INTERSECTION OF MAY DAY FISSURE WITH A STONG N-S 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.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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