Unnamed Mine

Occurrence in Carson City county in Nevada, United States with commodities Zinc, Iron, 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. Alteration
  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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10050791
MRDS ID N000126
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Mine
Alternate or previous names NBMG # 4817 #4818

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.68294, 39.14407 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carson City(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

New Empire(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Carson(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 Carson City

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
15N 20E 24 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • US # 50 EAST FROM CARSON CITY, DIRT TRACK SOUTH TO BRUNSWICK CANYON

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Iron Primary
Gold Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Gossan Argillic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.68294, 39.14407

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 70 DEGREES
    Dip 58 DEGREES SW
    Width 0.46M

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEINS AND BRECCIA CONSIST OF SMOKY GREY,QUARTZ FRAGMENTS IN IRON SILICIFIED MATRIX WHICH WEATHERED TO A POWDERY HEMATITIC MATERIAL. CARBONATE IS ALSO PRESENT IN THE VEIN.BRECCIATED QUARTZ

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Delaware

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT IS 5 FEET IN DIAMETER ; THE DEPTH IS UNKNOWN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TELLURIDE CLAIMS, DELAWARE MINING DISTRICT,CARSON CITY COUNTY, DOEBRICH SITE VISIT 09-08-89,NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1989 Doebrich, Jeff L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1991 Marcus, S. (Doebrich, 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.