Errington-Thiel Property

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Beryllium, Copper, Mica
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10149162
MAS/MILS ID 0320070369
Record type Site
Current site name Errington-Thiel Property
Alternate or previous names Dawley Canyon

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -115.43649, 40.39412 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Franklin Lake NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ruby Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elko(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Long-Ruby Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 029 N 058 E 16 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Beryllium Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Mica Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -115.43649, 40.39412

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 PEGMATITE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 STOCKWORK
    Primary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SERICITIC
    Date of Last Modification 810713

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1931

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Oscar Thiel
    Interest 85
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1963
  • Type Owner
    Owner Wright, Huntley
    Interest 15
    Home office California
    Year 1963

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HINRICHS, E.M., THE PEGMATITES OF THE ERRINGTON-THIEL MINE,

  • Deposit

    ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA: M.S., CORNELL UNIV., 1956, MAP

  • Deposit

    SCALE = 1:240

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-MAR-1988 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.