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Unnamed Mine

Past Producer in Lyon 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098824
MRDS ID N000143
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Mine
Alternate or previous names NBMG # 4272

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.06237, 38.90713 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lyon(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Yerington NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Walker(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lyon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
12N 26E 15 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.06237, 38.90713
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE 12 - TO 24 - INCH VEIN CONSISTS OF VUGGY QUARTZ AND QUARTZ BRECCIA WITH MINOR PYRITE CRYSTALS AND SOME LIMONITE POCKETS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Yerington

Comments on the workings information

  • A LINE OF STOPES AND SHAFTS EXPOSE A N 25 DEGREES W-STRIKING VEIN THAT DIPS CLOSE TO VERTICAL

Comments on development

  • PRODUCTION IS UNKNOWN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TELLURIDE CLAIMS,YERINGTON MINING DISTRICT,LYON COUNTY, QUADE VISIT SITE 6-29-89,NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SLICKENSIDES WERE OBSERVED ALONG THE CONTACT BETWEEN THE VEIN AND GRANITE HOST.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1989 Doebrich, Jeff L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1991 Marcus,S. ( Doebrich, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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