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Vulture Mine

Past Producer in Churchill 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103921
MRDS ID M231041
Record type Site
Current site name Vulture Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.05263, 39.46185 (WGS84)
Relative position HERCULES CANYON, JOINS JACKPOT ON NW

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wonder Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fallon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie 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 Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 018N;019N 035E 33 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

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 Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.05263, 39.46185
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N10W
    Dip 90

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Wonder

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • THE VEIN IS ABOUT 2 FEET WIDE AND IS OPENED BY AN ADIT TUNNEL, CROSS CUTS AND SHAFT TO A DEPTH OF ABOUT 200 FEET. GOOD ORE WAS MINED FROM THE UPPER 50 FEET. MUCH OF THE ORE CONSISTS OF CRUSHED RHYOLITE CEMENTED IN QUARTZ.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C., UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE CARSON SINK AREA, NEVADA, 1947: NBMG FILES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1980 Flynn, Patricia Dodd Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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