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Drumm Mine

Producer in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodity Antimony
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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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107772
MRDS ID D002148
Record type Site
Current site name Drumm Mine
Alternate or previous names Larkin, Marguerite No. 10

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.75095, 39.74991 (WGS84)
Relative position WEST SIDE OF A SE - TRENDING SIDE CANYON OFF BERNICE CANYON 3.8 MILES FROM MOUTH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Byers Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Edwards Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 022N 037E 25 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Stibnite Ore

Analytical data

Result 6 - INCH WIDE SAMPLE ASSAYED: TRACE AU, 0.04 OZ. AG/TON, 16.37% SB

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Star Peak Form.; Shales, Slates
    Rock description Star Peak Form.; Shales, Slates
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.75095, 39.74991
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PODS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Latite Sill

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bernice Canyon Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 83

  • Production

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 61

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONLY PRODUCTION HAS BEEN 1936 - 1954, MILLED CONCENTRATES FROM LOW GRADE ORE CONTAINING SILVER WITH SOME GOLD

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1976 Miller, M. H. U.S. Geological Survey

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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