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South Paw Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodity Manganese
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047250
MRDS ID M242521
Record type Site
Current site name South Paw Mine
Alternate or previous names Steward-Bush

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.38419, 37.66607 (WGS84)

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 003S 059E 20 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrolusite Ore

Analytical data

Result 1950-56 PRODUCTED 17,334 DRY SHORT TONS CONTAINING 32-43% MN
Result TOTALVALUE $630,300.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Graben

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Breeciated Fissures

Comments on the geologic information

  • SOFT PYROLUSITE-RICH LENSES OCCUR IN GRABEN IN BRECCIATED DOLOMITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Pahranagat District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bernal Stewart, Carl Stewart, And Grace Arnold

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT AND CROSSCUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TSCHANTZ, C.M. & PAMPEYAN, E.N, 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 73, P. 155.

  • Deposit

    NBMG, OPEN FILE REPORT #173, ITEM 4

  • Deposit

    BROWNE, J.R., 1868, USBM MINERALS YEARBOOK FOR 1867, P. 339-340.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOW-GRADE SILICEOUS MANGANESE ORE CROPS OUT ALONG FOUR FISSURES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1980 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.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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