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Webster Mine

Past Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037191
MRDS ID M031070
Record type Site
Current site name Webster Mine
Alternate or previous names Radio Crystal, New Era
Related records 10124975

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.16859, 36.24917 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position 2 MILES SE OF GOLD BUTTE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jumbo Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Mead(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Vegas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lake Mead(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
019S 070E 10 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) Alluvium, undifferentiated
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE MINERALS IN QUARTZ VEIN IN GRANITE, DIPPING 75 DEG., AVERAGE WIDTH 18 INCHES. PEGMATITE DIKES ALSO CUT THE GRANITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gold Butte

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ms. A. G. Webster ( 1937 )

Comments on the production information

  • 150 TONS OF ORE AVERAGING 1 OZ. AU/TON TREATED IN MID-THIRTIES.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 91.44M
    Overall depth 39.62M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VANDERGBURG, W. O., 1937 , RECONNAISANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN CLARK CO., US BUR. MINES INF. CIRC. 6964 .

  • Deposit

    HILL, J. M., 1916 , NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA, USGS BULL. 648 , P. 52 - 53 .

  • Deposit

    LONGWELL, C. R., PAMPEYAN, E. H., BOWYER, B., ROBERTS, R. J., 1965 , GEOLOGY & MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO. NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 62 , P. 185 .

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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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