| Deposit ID | 10098611 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M232423 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Snowstorm |
| Alternate or previous names | Mountain View |
| Geographic coordinates: | -116.85511, 40.71046 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Lander(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Stony Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Battle Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Middle Humboldt(hydrologic unit)
Humboldt(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Lander |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 033N | 045E | 25 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert | ||||
| Rock unit name | Slaven Chert | ||||
| Rock description | Slaven Chert | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -116.85511, 40.71046 |
|---|
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 0.91M |
| Length | 609.6M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1906 |
| Year of first production | 1928 |
| District name | North Battle Mountain Area |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 60.96M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M232423 |
STAGER, H.K. (19722) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF LANDER CO. NEV, N.B.M. BULL 88
USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO. 237, REFERENCE NO. 3201500319
STEWART J. (1968) GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BATTLE MTN QUAD, USGS OPEN-FILE MAP
STAGER, H.K., 1977.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SHEAR ZONE, BRECCIATED; NARROW DISCONTINUOUS QUARTZ VEINS IN BRECCIATED CHERT. |
| Deposit | SILVER-LEAD ORE WAS DISCOVERED IN 1906. THE SNOWSTORM MINE WAS BEGUN IN 1928 AND AN INCLINED SHAFT WAS SUNK TO 200 FEET ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1980 | Kirkham, Richard A. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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