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Charley Ross Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10111460
MRDS ID M241611
Record type Site
Current site name Charley Ross Mine
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 1722, Mountain View Group
Related records 10149150

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.05638, 37.90719 (WGS84)
Elevation 2149
Relative position 1000 FT NE OF LITTLE BUCK SHAFT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Deer Lodge Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Escalante Desert(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001N 071E 32 NW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Clay Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillic; Silicification. Matrix Is Altered To Advanced Argillic Or Phyllic Stage In Places

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES FROM 60-80 FT LEVELS SHOWED 0.005-0.145 OZ/T AU AND 0-0.202/T AG (PERRY). SAMPLE 1722 CONTAINS 100 PPM MN, 20 PPM AG, 300 PPM BA, 500 PPM MO, 30 PPM PB, 100 PPM V, 70 PPM ZR.

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
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.05638, 37.90719
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N30E - N 35 E
    Dip 90 TO STEEPLY NW (72NW)
    Thickness 0.3M
    Length 121.92M
    Width 12.19M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SOME ROCKS ARE THOROUGHLY SILICIFIED AND SHOW VEINLETS AND CLOTS OF VITREOUS GREY SILICA. A FEW SAMPLES OF ALTERED TUFFACEOUS MATERIAL NOTED, CONSISTING OF PUNKY KAOLINITIC MATERIAL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Eagle Valley (Gold Springs) District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 53.34M

Comments on the workings information

  • MAIN WORKING IS AN INCLINED SHAFT COVERED BY COLLAPSED STRUCTURE AND ADJACENT CABIN. A W-TRENDING ADIT WAS CROSS CUT 400 FT SOUTH OF THE ADIT TO INTERSECT SOUTHERN EXTENSION OF VEIN. SHAFT WAS 175 FT DEEP, INCLINED 72 DEGREES AND HAS 2 SMALL LEVELS AT 60 FT AND 80 FT. ON THE 60 FT LEVEL, WORKINGS GO NE AND SW FROM THE SHAFT (AT LEAST 40 FT NE, 50 FT SW). THE 80-FT LEVEL HAS 45 FT OF DRIFTING TO SWALONG VEIN, AND THE VEIN HAS BEEN STOPED UP ABOUT 10 FT ABOVE BACK OF DRIFT

Comments on development

  • NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1983

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BENTZ, J. AND SMITH, P., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT, SEPT. 17, 1983.

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L.I., 1964, UTAH GEOLOGY, VOL. 3, NO. 1, P. 23, P. 35-36, 37.

  • Deposit

    TSCHANZ, C.M. AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, NBMG BULL 73, P. 160-161.

  • Deposit

    HIGGINS, W.C., 1908, THE JENNIE AND BUCK MOUNTAIN MINE: SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW VOL. 9, NO. 22, P. 15-19.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A RESSITANT SILICIFIED VEIN WLL OUTCROP PROJECTS NORTH TO NORTHEAST OF THE SHAFT COLLAR. WALLROCKS SHOW BLEACHING, CLAY ALTERATION, IRON-STAINING AND FRACTURING ADJACENT TO THE VEIN. DUMP SAMPLE CONSISTS OF COCKSCOMB QUARTZ VEIN MATERIAL AND ALTERED HOST ROCK. THE ROCKS CONTAIN FINE-GRAINED OXIDIZED PYRITE AND LIMONITE AFTER PYRITE IS COMMON. SHAFT LIES ON NE-STRIKING CONTACT OF OLDER PORPHYRITIC ANDESITE AND OVERLYIN LITHIC CRYSTAL RHYOLITE TUFF. VEIN CONTAINED MILLING ORE WITH VERY HIGH-GRADE TELLURIDE-RICH STREAKS. "A BODY OF TALCORE"

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1984 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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