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Donatelli Mine

Past Producer in Washoe county in Nevada, United States with commodities Antimony, Copper, 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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103924
MRDS ID M231088
Record type Site
Current site name Donatelli Mine
Alternate or previous names Georgianne, Maryjane

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.54822, 39.74711 (WGS84)
Relative position APPROX 12 MILES SW OF NIXON, NORTH SIDE OF RIGHT HAND CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Spanish Springs Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pyramid-Winnemucca Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Washoe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 022N 022E 29,30 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Stibnite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Malachite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillization Sericitization

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 180
USGS model code 27d
Deposit model name Simple Sb (veins, pods, etc)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.54822, 39.74711
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N60E
    Dip 65SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN OCCURS IN SHEAR ZONE WHICH FOLLOWS DIKE CUTTING GRANITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Unnamed (Pyramid)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE DISCOVERED IN 1908 BY L C BECKWITH. IN 1940, ONE TON OF ORE AVERAGING 29.4% SB WAS MINED. WALLROCK IS GRANITE, STIBNITE OCCURS AS CRYSTALS, GRAINS, PODS IN QUARTZ VEIN WHICH FOLLOWS SHEAR ZONE ALONG DIKE WHICH CUTS GRANITE. SHEAR ZONE 12 TO 96 INCHES WIDE, VEIN UP TO 36 INCHES WIDE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LAWRENCE, EF, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, NBMG BULL 61, 1963

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1978 Tingley, J.V. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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