Bullfrog District

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001664
MRDS ID W002909
Record type District
Current site name Bullfrog District
Related records 10222674

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.79339, 37.00716 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Springdale(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pahute Mesa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary

Alteration

  • (Local) OXIDATION
  • (Local) SILICIFICATION

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.79339, 37.00716

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description VEINS STRIKE N-S, DIP GREATER THAN 50 DEG; E-W, DIP 20 DEG N
Type of structure Regional
Structure description NORMAL FAULTS, N TO NW, BLOCKS TILTED E BULLFROG FAULT (E-W, DIP GREATER THAN 20 DEG N THRUST)

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault/fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1904
Discoverer Frank "Shorty" Harris
Year of first production 1907

Mining district

District name BULLFROG DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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