| Deposit ID | 10104019 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M233183 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Randall Property |
| Alternate or previous names | Nevada Rand, Rand, Bovard, Koegel Mines, Last Hope ? |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.40652, 38.78714 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 13 MI. SE OF RAWHIDE |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Mineral |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 011N | 032E | 29,30 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Argentite | Ore |
| Cerargyrite | Ore |
| Electrum | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Wulfenite | Ore |
| Kaolin | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 150 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 25c |
| Deposit model name | Epithermal vein, Comstock |
| Mark3 model number | 16 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Post-Esmeralda Volcanic Rocks | ||||||||
| Rock description | Post-Esmeralda Volcanic Rocks | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite |
| Rock unit name | Post-Esmeralda Volcanic Rocks |
| Rock description | Post-Esmeralda Volcanic Rocks |
| (1) | -118.40652, 38.78714 |
|---|
| General form | LENSES |
|---|---|
| Strike | N30W |
| Dip | SW |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1908 |
| Discoverer | Al Bovard And Others |
| District name | Bovard District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | R. J. Randall, Nevada Rand Mines Co. |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 457.2M |
| Overall depth | 137.16M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M233183 |
ROSS, D. C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 58
VANDERBURG, 1937, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; USBM IC 6941
BLACK, J. W., 1920, UNPUBLISHED REPORT
WOODSON, MARLE, 1920, UNPUBLISHED REPORT FOR NEVADA RAND MINES CO.
VANDERBURG, 1937, P. 55; ROSS, D. C., 1961, TABLE 6.1
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | RICH ORE OCCURS IN LENSES IN VEINS OF A QUARTZ GANGUE STAINED WITH IRON AND MANGANESE OXIDES, IN SHEAR ZONE 20 TO 40 FT. WIDE. ORE BODY IS WELL OXIDIZED |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1981 | Royse, Sue E. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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