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Bernie , 2, 3

Occurrence in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodity Tungsten
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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. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037491
MRDS ID M035403
Record type Site
Current site name Bernie , 2, 3

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.18455, 38.3141 (WGS84)
Elevation 2024
Relative position SOUTH FLANK EXCELSIOR MTNS., 8 MI. SW OF MINA; 1 MILE S OF WHIT ROCK SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Camp Douglas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005N 034E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ESTIMATE LOCATION; EAST FLANK THUNDER MTN.; UTM FROM NW-MOST ADIT ON TOPO.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock
    Rock unit name Excelsior Formation
    Rock description Excelsior Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Silver Star

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner L. B. Spencer
    Home office Mina, Nv.

Comments on the workings information

  • 250 FOOT DRIFT NEARLY TO SILVER DYKE QTZ. VEIN SYSTEM BY 1956

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSS, D. C., 1961 ,GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS IN MINERAL CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL 58, TABLE 6.7

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1978 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1990 Marcus, Susan U.S. Geological Survey

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