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Lenway Shaft

Occurrence in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodity Mercury
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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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095486
MRDS ID M055462
Record type Site
Current site name Lenway Shaft
Related records 10222738

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.93349, 41.86488 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position 11 MILES SW OF MCDERMITT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jordan Meadow(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Quinn River Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Quinn(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 046N 036E 16 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • CENTER OF TOWNSHIP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 177
USGS model code 27a
Deposit model name Hot-spring Hg

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.93349, 41.86488
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Opalite District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Fred H. Lenway And Co.
    Home office Mc Dermitt, Nv.
    First year 1969

Comments on the workings information

  • MAY STILL BE ACTIVE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GALLAGHER, M.J., 1969; NEV. MINES, MILLS, SMELTERS IN OPERATION, 1969, STATE MINE INSPECTOR'S REPORT.

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGIC MAP OF HUMBOLDT CO., NEV; N.B.M.G. BULL 59, PL. 1.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ELDRIDGE NASH. GEN. MGR., (1969). UNDERGROUND WORKINGS. DEVELOPMENT AND EXPLORATION SW OF CORDERO MINE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1976 Gassaway, Judith S. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-APR-1981 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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