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Garfield Mine

Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072144
MRDS ID W016419
Record type Site
Current site name Garfield Mine
Alternate or previous names Eldorado Mining Co., Great Western Atherton, Bluelight Nbmg # 3591 #3592 #3593
Related records 10271276

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.33428, 38.46659 (WGS84)
Elevation 2256
Relative position SO GARFIELD HILLS, .5 MI SO OF MABLE MTN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mable Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring 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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007N 033E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ADITS & PROSPECTS CLOSEST TO RD. .7 MI SOUTHOF MABLE MINE; UNSURVEYED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Luning Formation;Excelsior Formation
    Rock description Luning Formation;Excelsior Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.33428, 38.46659
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 2.74M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE VEINS CARRIED VALUES IN SILVER,GOLD, AND LEAD AND WERE HOSTED IN LIMESTONE AND VOLCANICS. ; GEOL.DESC: THREE INTERLACING VEINS; VEINS RANGE IN THICKNESS FROM 3 INCHES TO 9 FEET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1882
Discoverer Joshua Mass, Amos Everson
Production years 1880 - 1933

Mining district

District name Garfield

Comments on the production information

  • REFERENCES VARY: 550,000 FROM 1884 TO 1933 ( COUCH AND CARPENTER, 1943 ); MORE THAN 6,000,000 FROM 1880 - 1887 ( LINCOLN, 1923 ); SEVERAL MILLION IN SHIPPING ORE ( VANDERBURG, 1937 )

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 3218.6M
    Overall depth 106.68M

Comments on the workings information

  • EXTENSIVE WORKINGS, ABOUT 2 MILES, ENTRY BY 2,500 FOOT ADIT. THE WORKINGS REACH A MAXIMUM DEPTH OF 350 FEET AND ARE COVERED BY THIRTEEN CLAIMS SOME OF WHICH ARE PATENTED.

Comments on development

  • SEVERAL MILES OF NEW ROAD FROM THE GARFIELD FLAT WERE JUST COMPLETED AT THE TIME OF THIS SURVEY. ; ECON.COM: REFERENCES VARY; 550,000 FROM 1884 TO 1933 (COUCH AND CARPENTER 1943) MORE THAN 6,000,000 FROM 1880-1887 (LINCOLN 1923).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSS, D. C., 1961 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 58 .

  • Deposit

    TELLURIDE CLAIMS, GARFIELD MINING DISTRICT, MINERAL COUNTY, QUADE VISIT SITE 4-20-89, NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES).

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, 1937 , RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MINERAL CO., NEV., US BUREAU OF MINES, INFO. CIRCULAR.

  • Deposit

    LINCOLN, F. C., 1923 , MINING DISTRICTSAND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA: RENO, NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO., P. 144 .

  • Deposit

    NEVADA METAL AND MINERAL PRODUCTION,NBMG BULL #37.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SAMPLES WERE TAKEN FROM MAJOR WORKINGS ALONG THE WEST AND SOUTH SIDE OF MABLE MOUNTAIN. ACTIVITY AT THE MABLE MINE HAS RESULTED IN REBUILDING THE ROAD FROM GARFIELD FLAT PAST THE GARFIELD MINE.
Deposit ACCORDING TO VANDERBURG, THE UNDERGROUND WORKINGS EXPOSED THREE MAJOR VEIN SYSTEMS THAT WERE INTERCONNECTED AND RANGED IN SIZE FROM 3 INCHES TO 9 FEET.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1976 Weeks, Robert U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1978 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1991 Marcus, S. (Doebrich, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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