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Bruner Mine

Occurrence in Nye 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. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096416
MRDS ID W016394
Record type Site
Current site name Bruner Mine
Alternate or previous names Phonolite Silent Friend Group Climes: Lucky Tiger, Annex Extension, Bruner, Silent Friend, Aure
Related records 10150201, 10310398

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.80094, 39.08325 (WGS84)
Elevation 2088
Relative position 0.63 MILES SW OF PHONOLITE TOWNSITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Burnt Cabin Summit(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gabbs Valley(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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 014N 037E 13 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Chalcedony Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 151
USGS model code 25d
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Sado
Mark3 model number 28

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary
    Chronological age 19.3
    Dating method K-Ar

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.80094, 39.08325
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Flow Banding In Rhyolite Is Parallel To Crush Or Breccia Zone At One Place.

Ore body information

  • Strike N20E
    Dip 90

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Or Crush Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • NARROW VERY SPARSE VEINLETS OF COMB QUARTZ AND CHALCEDONY CUT INTRUSIVE TERTIARY RHYOLITE. A DISTINCTIVE LT SALMONCOLORED CHALCEDONIC VEIN MATTER WAS ALSO NOTED. QUARTZ PSEUDOMORPHOUS AFTER LAMELLAR CALCITE IS LOCALLY PRESENT. MINERALIZATION IS SPARSE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bruner District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Golden Eagle Mining And Milling Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO SHAFTS AND ONE ADIT.SEVERAL PITS,BULLDOZER WORK

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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.

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE,L.J.,1981,FIELD EXAMINATION OF 06 AUG,1981.

  • Deposit

    MIRAMAR MINING CORP, 1992

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1976 Weeks, Robert U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Moyer, Lorre A.) U.S. Geological Survey

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