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Nevada Workings Workings

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
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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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103588
MRDS ID M032095
Record type Site
Current site name Nevada Workings Workings
Related records 10149665

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.75112, 37.44775 (WGS84)
Relative position SE OF DELAMAR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Delamar(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Clover Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dry Lake 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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
06S 65E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • AREA UNSURVEYED . ON RIDGE ABOUT 700 FT W OF USMM NO. 2 . ON RIDGE ABOUT 700 FT W OF USMM NO. 2

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE MINERALS NOT LISTED IN THE LITERATURE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.75112, 37.44775
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Abundant Normal Faults

Ore body information

  • Dip 55 W

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE IS IN A VEIN OF QUARTZITE BRECCIA CEMENTED BY QUARTZ.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Delamar (Ferguson) District (Ferguson) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • ORE ASSAYED $12.80/TON (1937), WITH .6 OZ AU, 8 OZ AG/TON AND 13% PB.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 152.4M
    Overall depth 7.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • VEIN EXPLORED BY 2 DRIFTS. PLAN OF THE WORKINGS AVAILABLE IN CALLAGHAN, 1937 . LOWER TUNNEL TRENDS S10W FOR 500 FT. UPPER TUNNEL IS 50 FT HIGHER AND CONSISTS OF A CROSSCUT 150 FT LONG TO A DRIFT EXTENDING 200 FT TO THE NORTH AND 300 FT TO THE SOUTH. THE 2 SHAFTS ARE ON THE SLOPE ABOUT 80 FT ABOVE THE UPPER TUNNEL.. LOWER TUNNEL TRENDS S10W FOR 500 FT. UPPER TUNNEL IS 50 FT HIGHER AND CONSISTS OF A CROSSCUT 150 FT LONG TO A DRIFT EXTENDING 200 FT TO THE NORTH AND 300 FT TO THE SOUTH. THE 2 SHAFTS ARE ON THE SLOPE ABOUT 80 FT ABOVE THE UPPER TUNNEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALLAGHAN, E., 1937, GEOLOGY OF THE DELAMAR DISTRICT, LINCOLN CO, NEV. NEV BUR MINES V. 31 NO. 5 P. 66

  • Deposit

    TSCHANZ, C.M., AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO. NEV. NEV BUR MINES BULL 73

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1979 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1984 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) U.S. Geological Survey

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