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Nevada Rand

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Manganese, Zinc, Iron, 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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103609
MRDS ID M035743
Record type Site
Current site name Nevada Rand
Alternate or previous names Randall Property, Bovard, Koegel

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.40374, 38.78631 (WGS84)
Elevation 1722
Relative position APPROX. 21 MI. NE OF HAWTHORNE, 17 MI. NE OF NOLAN RR STATION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Copper Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gabbs 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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 011N 032E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ESTIMATE LOCATION; MIMS CLAIMS ADJACENT PROPERTY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • DUE TO PRESENCE OF MN, ZONE OF SECONDARY ENRICHMENT EXTENDS BELOW THE 250' LEVEL. SOME AG ALLOYED W/AU, RATION AU TO AG 30:1 . THE AVERAGE ASSAY VALUE OF A NUMBER OF SAMPLES WAS .78 OZ. GOLD AND 36.7 OZS SILVER WHICH CONVERTS TO $59.65 PER TON, GOLD AT $20 PER OZ. AND SILVER AT $1.20 PER OZ.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Cerargyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Jarosite Ore
Wulfenite Ore
Adularia Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleached Andesite And Development Of Jarosite Due To Oxidation Of Numerous Sml. Xstls. Of Disseminated Pyrite

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.40374, 38.78631
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fracturing Trends Generally Nw. Thin Series Of Andesite Breccia Overlain By Rhyolite Indicates Fault Contact With Andesite

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR REPLACEMENT BODIES
    Length 609.6M
    Width 12.19M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Clay Seams And Altered Areas Of Andesite Tended To Concentrate Secondary Ore

Comments on the geologic information

  • RICHEST ORE OCCURED IN LENSES IN IRON-STAINED QTZ. GANGUE IN SHEARED VOLCANICS. CRUSHED ROCK CARRIES GOOD VALUE WHILE GOUGE IS LOW GRADE OR BARREN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1908
Discoverer Al Bovard And Others From Rawhide

Mining district

District name Bovard - Rand

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • CUMULATIVE PRODUCTION ESTIMATED AT $150,000 BY 1936 . CONSIDERABLE HIGH-GRADING AND INCOMPLETE RECORDS PREVENTS ACCURATE PRODUCTION FIGURES.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1371.6M
    Overall depth 137.16M

Comments on the workings information

  • LEVELS AT 50 , 150 , 250 , 350 , 450 WITH INTERMEDIATE LEVELS AT 180 AND 200 FEET. NO WATER, GOOD VENTILATION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FOSHAG, W. F., 1928 , ORE DEPOSITS OF THE HAWTHORNE QUAD. (UNPUBLISHED)

  • Deposit

    JONES, J. C., PROF. OF GEOLOGY, MACKAY SCHOOL OF MINES, RENO, NEV. (UNPUBLISHED REPORT) NEV. BUREAU OF MINES FILE

  • Deposit

    MONTGOMERY, S. E., 1919 , US MINERAL SURVEYOR AND ENGINEER, SIERRA CITY CA., (UNPUBLISHED REPORT) NEV. BUR. OF MINES FILE

  • Deposit

    YORK, B., 1936 , UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON NEV. RAND MINE, NEV. BUR. OF MINES FILE

  • Deposit

    1919 OTHER MONTGOMERY, E. S.; MINERAL SURVEYOR, ENGINEER; REPORT

  • Deposit

    1928 RECON FOSHAG, W. F., ORE DEPOSITS OF HAWTHORNE QUAD. (UNPUB.)

  • Deposit

    RECON MACKAY SCHOOL OF MINES, RENO, NV; REPORT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ESTIMATE LOCATION. DEPOSIT IS OXIDIZED AND HIGHLY SILICEOUS
Deposit SEVEN LODE CLAIMS: LAST HOPE, L. H. FRACTION, THOMAS FRACTION, L. H. EXTENSION NO. 1 , HOPE EXTENSION NO. 1 AND NO. 2 . APPROX. 110 ACRES. 30 FT. HEAD FRAME, BLACKSMITH SHOP, ASSAY OFFICE ON SITE. A MILL PROXIMAL TO MINE WITH 40 TO 50 TON CAPACITY AND CYANIDE LEACHING SYSTEM; H20 AT 160 : REFER TO RECORD NO. M035745 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey

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