Mexican Mine

Past Producer in Storey county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001008
MRDS ID M231234
Record type Site
Current site name Mexican Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.6449, 39.3152 (WGS84)
Relative position BETWEEN UNION AND OPHIR CLAIMS ON LODE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Storey(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Virginia City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Carson(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Storey

Commodities

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

Alteration

  • (Local) PROPYLITIC

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.6449, 39.3152

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name FAULTING
Structure description FAULTS
Type of structure Regional
Structure name Anticline
Structure description NORTH-TRENDING ANTIDINE, REGIONAL DIP TO WEST OR NORTHWEST

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault/fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1867
Year of first production 1867

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STODDARD,CARL AND CARPENTER,J.A.,1950,MINERAL RESOURCES OF STOREY AND LYON COUNTIES,NBMG BULL. 49.

  • Deposit

    BONBAM, H.F., 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WASHOE AND STOREY COUNTIES, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 70

  • Deposit

    BASTIN, E.S., 1922, BONAZA ORES OF THE MINES OF THE COMSTOCK; UNPUBLISHED OPEN-FILE REPORT, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL.

  • Deposit

    WPA STATE WRITERS PROJECT,1940-41,INDIVIDUAL HISTORIES OF THE COMSTOCK,UNPUBLISHED OPEN-FILE REPORT,NBMG.

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

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