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Cambridge Mine

Past Producer in Lyon 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. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098615
MRDS ID M232536
Record type Site
Current site name Cambridge Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.00986, 38.68797 (WGS84)
Relative position 24 MI. SE OF YERINGTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lyon(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pine Grove Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East Walker(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 Lyon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 010N 027E Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.00986, 38.68797
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Wilson District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, DRIFTS AT 300 & 400-FT LEVELS

Comments on development

  • EARLY HISTORY UNKNOWN; REOPENED IN 1936 WITH SMALL PRODUCTION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STODDARD & CARPENTER, 1950, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STOREY AND LYON COUNTIES, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 49

  • Deposit

    USBM MINERALS YEARBOOK FOR 1936

  • Production

    MOORE, 1969

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EARLY HISTORY UNKNOWN. REOPENED IN 1936 WITH SMALL PRODUCTION. THE MINE IS DEVELOPED BY A VERTICAL SHAFT WITH 300- & 400-FOOT LEVELS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1981 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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