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Roosevelt Mine ?

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098372
MRDS ID M035389
Record type Site
Current site name Roosevelt Mine ?

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.18344, 38.33549 (WGS84)
Elevation 1975
Relative position NO. FLANK EXCELSIOR MTNS., 6 MI. SW OF MINA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Camp Douglas(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 006N 034E 34 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ESTIMATE LOCATION BETWEEN TRIUMPH AND SUNSET MINES; POSSIBLY MORE NORTH

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • AU OCCURS IN FINE FLAKES AND THE ORE IS RICH

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.18344, 38.33549
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 10 W
    Dip 90
    Width 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: REFER TO RECORD NO. M035392

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Silver Star

Comments on the workings information

  • AS OF 1915 , THE ORE BODY HAD NOT BEEN OPENED BELOW A DEPTH OF 25 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HILL, J. M., SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NE CALIF. AND NW NEV., USGS BULL. 594

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1978 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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