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Wall Canyon Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072161
MRDS ID W016485
Record type Site
Current site name Wall Canyon Mine
Alternate or previous names Last Chance Mine, Silver Divide, Bastian, Herd, Francisco
Related records 10295560

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.25092, 38.74993 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Relative position 6 MILES BY ROAD FROM THE MOUTH OF WALL CANYON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Toms Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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)

Arc Dome Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 010N 042E 25 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Selenium Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) The Rhyolite Near The Vein Is Chloritized.

Analytical data

Result A GRAB SAMPLE FROM THE DUMP ASSAYED 35.5% SB, 0.02 OZ AU, 0.9 OZ AG, 0.005% SE.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 180
USGS model code 27d
Deposit model name Simple Sb (veins, pods, etc)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Lone Mountain Dolomite
    Rock description Lone Mountain Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.25092, 38.74993
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description The Shale Strikes N 5-35 W, Dip 40-70 W.

Ore body information

  • General form VEINLETS, RADIATING CLUSTERS, BLEBS, SMALL PODS, SINGLE CRYSTALS
    Strike N 70 E
    Dip 45-55 NW
    Width 0.41M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shears (?)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1915

Mining district

District name Jett District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hercules Mining Co.
    Home office Austin, Nev.
    First year 1965
  • Type Owner
    Owner George W. Oliver

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 180 FT SHAFT, A 255 FT ADIT, A 180 FT ADIT, AND SEVERAL MINOR PITS AND ADITS.

Comments on development

  • SOME DEVELOPMENT DONE IN 1968

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 84

  • Deposit

    LAWRENCE, E.F., 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 61, P. 140-141

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.

  • Production

    KLEINHAMPL, 1980

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIN SEAMS OF GALENA AND ARGENTITE (?) WERE EXPOSED IN 1968 DEVELOPMENT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1976 Weeks, Robert U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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