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Water Shaft Mine

Past Producer in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104015
MRDS ID M233065
Record type Site
Current site name Water Shaft Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.69764, 39.08963 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position 400 FT WSW OF CAMP TERRELL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Terrill Mountains(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fallon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(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

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 014N 029E 12 NW OF SW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 400 FT WSW OF CAMP TERRELL ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerargyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Calcite Gangue
Iron Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Strong Hydrothermal Alteration Of Host Rocks

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 Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • 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) -118.69764, 39.08963
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw-Trending Fault Cuts Vein

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N80E
    Dip VERTICAL
    Length 213.36M
    Width 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1910
Discoverer J.B. (Judd) Terrell And George Pollinger, Soon Joined By Craig Catterson Of Oregon

Mining district

District name Holy Cross (Terrell) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 32.61M

Comments on the workings information

  • 107-FT. SHAFT WITH CROSSCUT TO VEIN ON 100-FT LEVEL

Comments on development

  • THE DISCOVERERS SANK A 107-FT SHAFT AND CROSSCUT THE VEIN. THEY ACQUIRED A GROUP OF 24 CLAIMS WHICH TEHY BONDED IN 1911 TO GEORGE WINGFIELD. THIS WAS ONE OF THE MOST STEADY PRODUCERS IN THE DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C., 1947, USGS OFR

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1981 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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