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Ebony Queen Mine

Prospect in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodity Manganese
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10124332
MRDS ID M031083
MAS/MILS ID 0320030074
Record type Site
Current site name Ebony Queen Mine
Alternate or previous names Ebony King
Related records 10037201

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -114.86723, 35.9906 (WGS84)
Elevation 915
Location accuracy 250(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boulder City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Boulder City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ivanpah-Pahrump Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 023 S 064 E 06 NWNE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Unknown
Pyrolusite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -114.86723, 35.9906
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30W
    Dip 80E
    Thickness 4M
    Length 14M
    Width 3M
    Depth to top 1M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Type of Orebody #3 BRECCIA FILL
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Strike And Dip N30W:80E
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Area 2HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 2
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1939

Mining district

District name Las Vegas

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Recreation Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ray Sailor
    Interest 100
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1946
  • Type Owner
    Owner Miller, Howard
    Year 1946

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM RI 5446, 1959, TABLE 1, P. 4.

  • Deposit

    USBM IC 6964, 1937, P. 56.

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR MINES BULL.62, 1965, P.199

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SAMPLED BY BUMINES IN 1946 - DATA IN DEPOSIT FILE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 16-FEB-93 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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