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Groom Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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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. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10246411
MRDS ID W016454
MAS/MILS ID 0320170224
Record type Site
Current site name Groom Mine
Alternate or previous names Groom
Related records 10072154

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -115.76837, 37.34606 (WGS84)
Elevation 1719
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Groom Mine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pahranagat Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sand Spring-Tikaboo 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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007 S 055+E 08 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Primary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Unknown
Cerussite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -115.76837, 37.34606
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 9M
    Length 76M
    Depth to top 30.5M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1864
Year of first production 1915

Mining district

District name Groom District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Dan Sheahan
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1956
  • Type Owner
    Owner Vincent D. Miller, Inc.
    Home office Washington
    Year 1969

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ZINC IS PRESENT IN VARYING AMOUNTS FROM A TRACE TO 22 PCT. THE FIGURE FOR ZINC GIVEN ON QUANTITY SHEET WOULD SEEM TO BE WRONG. FROM ORE RESERVES AND POTENTIAL RESOURCES BY ORE TYPE AND DEPOSIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 42, 1945, P. 35-45.

  • Deposit

    NV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 73, 1970, P. 149.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE LENGTH AND WIDTH OF THE ORE BODY GIVEN IS A MAXIMUM, NOT AN AVERAGE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-JAN-94 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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Authoritative Nevada resources

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