Rosario Arcurio Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047249
MRDS ID M242520
Record type Site
Current site name Rosario Arcurio Mine
Alternate or previous names Rosey

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.41753, 37.63246 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Irish(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Timpahute Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sand Spring-Tikaboo 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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004S 058E 01 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Malachite Ore
Limonite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 200 TONS REPORTEDLY AVERAGED 2.4% CU, 5% PB, 32 OZ AG & .013 OZ AU/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Pogomip Group
    Rock description Pogomip Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.41753, 37.63246

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N 55 W
    Dip 70 NE
    Width 0.2M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Pahanagat District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 30.48M
    Overall length 91.44M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TSCHAMTZ, C.M., & PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, GEOLOGY & MINERAL DEPOSITES OF LINCOLN CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 73, PG. 155

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-80 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.