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Highbridge Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Copper
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103949
MRDS ID M231526
Record type Site
Current site name Highbridge Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.86341, 38.58604 (WGS84)
Elevation 2231
Relative position 0.92 MILES SE OF BELMONT TOWNSITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Belmont East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Jefferson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 009N 045E 36 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerargyrite Ore
Stromeyerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.86341, 38.58604
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • The Ore Is Control By Bedding Planes With A Strike Of N15-20w, Dip 30-45 Ne.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Belmont District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Zunino, Ben And John
    Home office Elko
    First year 1951

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FROM MILL RECORDS.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SHAFT.

Comments on development

  • MAIN DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION PERIOD WAS 1866-1875. IN EARLY 1900'S, THE NELSON BROTHERS ORGANIZED THE MONITOR- BELMONT CO. TO MILL THE DUMPS AND DEWATER THE MINES. THE NEVADA WONDER MINING CO. TOOK IT OVER AND SAMPLED REMAINING MATERIAL WITH DISCOURAGING RESULTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG VOL 50.

  • Production

    KRAL, 1951, P. 22.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (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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