| Deposit ID | 60001660 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W002905 |
| Record type | District |
| Current site name | Delamar District-Nevada |
| Alternate or previous names | Ferguson District, Magnolia Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -114.76774, 37.45857 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Lincoln(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Delamar(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Clover Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Dry Lake Valley(hydrologic unit)
Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)
Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Lincoln |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Manganese Critical | Tertiary |
| (1) | -114.76774, 37.45857 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | B EAST-WEST BELTS OF RHYOLITE DIKES; NORMAL FAULTING IN MANY DIRECTIONS |
| Type of structure | Regional |
| Structure name | NORMAL FAULTING |
| Structure description | NS, EW NORMAL FAULTS |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Discovery year | 1891 |
| Discoverer | Ferguson Brothers, John And Alvin |
| Year of first production | 1892 |
| District name | DELAMAR DISTRICT |
|---|---|
| District name | FERGUSON DISTRICT |
CALLAGHAN, EUGENE, 1937, GEOLOGY OF THE DELAMAR DISTRICT, LINCOLN CO., NEV.: NEV. UNIV. BULL. V 31 NO 5 69P.
EMMONS, S F, 1901, THE DELAMAR AND HORNSILVER MINES: 2 TYPES OF ORE DEPOSITS IN UTAH AND NEVADA: AIMME TRANS, VOL 31 P. 658-675
TSCHANZ, C.M. AND PAMPEYAN, C.M., 1970, GEOL. MIN. DEP. LINCOLN CO: NEV. B. OF M. B. 73, P. 136-140.
LINCOLN, F C, 1923, MINING DISTRICTS, MIN RESOURCES NEV: RENO, NEV. NEWSLETTER PRESS.
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
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