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Grantsville Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Tungsten, Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10310479
MRDS ID M231843
Record type Site
Current site name Grantsville Mine
Alternate or previous names Alexander and Brooklyn, Silver Palace, Great Eastern
Related records 10044426

Comments on the site identification

  • This record covers an area which encompasses the historic Grantsville Mine described by MRDS record # M231843 from which all pertinent material has been incorporated into the current record.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.57593, 38.84548 (WGS84)
Elevation 2100
Relative position The Grantsville Mine workings are located at at the historic mining town of Grantsville, about 20 airmiles east of the town of Gabbs, Nevada.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grantsville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky Valley(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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 011N 039E 03 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • The Grantsville Mine workings are in Grantsville Canyon which is located about two miles south of Berlin on the west sde of the Shoshone Mountain Range.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Ore Materials: argentiferous galena and sphalerite; scheelite,
  • Gangue Materials: fluorite

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Fluorite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 72
USGS model code 19a
Deposit model name Polymetallic replacement
Mark3 model number 47

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Luning Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Luning Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
    Rock type qualifier chert pebble
    Rock unit name Luning Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock type qualifier rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.57593, 38.84548
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form irregular

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore occurs along contacts, bedding planes and fractures within shattered limestone unit.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1863
Discoverer P.A. Haven
Year of first production 1860
Year of last production 1970

Mining district

District name Union District

Land status

Ownership category Private
Ownership category National Forest
Area name Tonopah USFS Administrative District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Fury Exploration of Nevada, Ltd.
    Year 1989

Comments on the workings information

  • Historic workings consist of five adits connected by a vertical shaft with three levels and an inclined shaft. More recent surface exploration activity.

Comments on other economic factors

  • In 1987, drill-proven reserves of 531,757 tons of ore grading 4.39 ounces per ton silver were reported, plus another drill-indicated 345,095 tons of material grading 4.30 ounces per ton silver.
    Production in 1988 was 98,000 ounces of silver and 38 ounces of gold from 130 kilotonnes of ore.

Comments on development

  • The property was first called the Great Eastern Mine. In 1877 the claims were relocated by P. Lefler and sold to Manuel San Pedro and others, who patented the claims and formed the Alexander Co. A mill was built and began operating in 1878 (40 stamps by 1880). It was sold in 1881 and changed hands many times thereafter. It was owned in 1951 by E.H. Berryman and B. Cisilini of Gabbs and Ione; and owned in 1970 by Hogan Mines, Ltd. of Vancouver. Fury Exploration of Nevada, Ltd. held the property in 1989.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Kral, V.E., 1951, Mineral Resources of Nye County: NBMG Bull. 50, p. 201-203.

  • Deposit

    NBMG MI-84, MI-85, MI-87.

  • Deposit

    NBMG Map 91, 2nd, 3rd.

  • Deposit

    Amer. Mines, 1989.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Ore occurs along contacts, bedding planes and fractures within shattered limestone unit.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-2005 LaPointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Editor 01-SEP-2007 Schruben, Paul G. U.S. Geological Survey Converted from S&A FileMaker format to Oracle. Edit checks on rocks, units, and ages with Geolex search, and other fields.

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