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Unnamed Adits and Shaft

Occurrence in Carson City county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Copper
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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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10050866
MRDS ID N000355
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Adits and Shaft
Alternate or previous names NBMG # 3606

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.8035, 39.13184 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carson City(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Carson City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Carson(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Carson City

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
15N 19E 25 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.8035, 39.13184
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Quartz Veins Are In Granodiorite But Near Contact With Schist

Ore body information

  • General form CONTACT WITH SCHIST

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Galena Copper Oxides And Sulfides

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Voltaire

Comments on the workings information

  • CAVED ADITS AND SHAFTS NEAR THE LOADING FACILITY AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL WERE THE TAILINGS FROM MILLED ORE.

Comments on development

  • UNKNOWN ; ECON.COM: UNKNOWN BUT LOADING FACILITY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TELLURIDE CLAIMS, VOLTAIRE MINING DISTRICT, CARSON CITY COUNTY, QUADE SITE VISIT 4-27-89, NBMG UNPUBLISHED DISTRICT MINING FILES (TINGLEY FILES)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS ARE IN GRANODIORITE
Deposit NEAR THE LOADING FACILITY AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL WERE TAILINGS FROM MILLED ORE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1989 Quade, Jack (Doebrich, Jeff) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-AUG-1991 Marcus, S. (Doebrich, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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