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New Sutherland Divide Mine

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Molybdenum
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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. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104127
MRDS ID M242453
Record type Site
Current site name New Sutherland Divide Mine
Alternate or previous names Sutherland Divide Mining Co., Unlight Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.2437, 38.01855 (WGS84)
Elevation 1798
Relative position ABOUT 3.3 AIRMILES S 15 W FROM CENTER OF TONOPAH,STRADDLING RTE 95.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tonopah(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

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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002N 042E 22,23 NE (22); NW (23) Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 7 CLAIMS, 1.5 MILES NORTH OF THE TONOPAH DIVIDE MINE; 130 ACRES. UTM IS TO A MAIN SHAFT IN SOUTH-CENTRAL PORTION OF CLAIM BLOCK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Molybdenum Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerargyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Potassic,Phyllic,Propylitic,Zoned Around Fractures And Faults; Silicification

Analytical data

Result OUTCROPS ASSAYED $2.20/TON (1920) IN AU
Result AG INCREASES WITH DEPTH
Result 1918 ASSAYS RAN $4-$40/TON WITH 40% IN AU, 60% IN AG

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.2437, 38.01855
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N55-65E; ABOUT E-W
    Dip 55 SE
    Length 1005.84M
  • General form TABULAR
    Dip 55 SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1901

Mining district

District name Divide (Gold Mountain) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner New Sutherland Divide Mining Co., C. R. Evans,President,
    First year 1923

Comments on the production information

  • JOSEPH B.KENDALL SHIPPED ORE FROM SURFACE WORKINGS IN 1907

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 152.4M
    Overall depth 274.32M

Comments on the workings information

  • 900-FT INCLINED SHAFT, OPEN CUTS, SHALLOW SHAFTS, PIT; DRIFTS, CROSS CUTS; 200-FT VERTICAL SHAFT

Comments on development

  • ACTIVE IN 1923.ORE SHIPPED FROM SURFACE WORKING BY LESSEES PRIOR TO 1920.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINCOLN,F.C.,1923

  • Deposit

    NBMG REPORT 33,P.124

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 92,P.121-128,1979

  • Deposit

    WEED,W.H, ED, 1920, THE MINES HANDBOOK; VOL. XIV, P. 1160.

  • Deposit

    WEED,W.H.,ED., 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK; VOL., XV,P.1291.

  • Deposit

    1918,UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE UNLIGHT CLAIMS (SUTHERLAND DIVIDE MINING CO.) NBMG FILE 87, ITEM 2.

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE,L.J., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, 9 JUL 82

  • Production

    UNPUBLISHED REPORT, 1918, NBMG FILE 87, ITEM 2.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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