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South Mouth Deposit

Past Producer in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055205
MRDS ID RE00274
Record type Site
Current site name South Mouth Deposit
Alternate or previous names Fondaway Canyon Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.22514, 39.79934 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fondaway Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson Sink(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Carson Desert(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 Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 022N 033E 01 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = RENO (1971) 1:250000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 172
USGS model code 26a
Deposit model name Carbonate-hosted Au-Ag
Mark3 model number 15

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.22514, 39.79934
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Shady Run

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1990
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 1.694 g/mt Gold Major 1990

Comments on development

  • TENNECO MINERALS BEGAN OPERATION IN SEPTEMBER, 1989, AND PRODUCED 4468 OZ OF AU IN 1990 BEFORE BEING CLOSED AT MID-YEAR DUE TO A VARIETY OF PROBLEMS. IT IS REPORTED THAT THE PROPERTY HAS POTENTIAL FOR UNDERGROUND DEVELOPMENT WHERE A LARGER AND HIGHER GRADE REFRACTORY OREBODY IS PRESENT BUT CANNOT BE MINED BY OPEN PIT METHODS. GRADE AND TONNAGE FIGURES HAVE NOT BEEN PUBLISHED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TENNECO MINERALS COMPANY, 1989, DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FOR THE TENNECO MINERALS COMPANY FONDAWAY CANYON PROJECT.

  • Deposit

    NBMG, 1991, THE NEVADA MINERAL INDUSTRY 1990, NBMG SPECIAL PUBLICATION MI-1990.

  • Production

    1989 AND 1990 ANNUAL PRODUCTION: NBMG, 1991, THE NEVADA MINERAL INDUSTRY 1990, NBMG SPECIAL PUBLICATION MI-1990.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS IS ONE OF THREE DEPOSITS EXPLORED BY TENNECO MINERALS WHICH COMPRISE THE FONDAWAY CANYON MINE. SEE RECORDS M242934 (COLORADO DEPOSIT) AND RE00273 (REED DEPOSIT) FOR THE OTHER TWO.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1993 Phinisey, J. D. (Marcus, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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