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Locke Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044379
MRDS ID M231788
Record type Site
Current site name Locke Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.57754, 38.34106 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Relative position 1.75 MILES UPSTREAM FROM THE MOUTH OF TROY CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Troy Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Quinn Canyon Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hot Creek-Railroad Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 006N 057E 33 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Troy Peak Pluton
    Rock description Troy Peak Pluton
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Prospect Mountain Quartzite
    Rock description Prospect Mountain Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.57754, 38.34106
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw- To Ne-Striking Crossfaults

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Dip SE-DIPPING TO NEAR-VERTICAL
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 91.44M
    Width 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along The Contact Of The Troy Pluton And Shaly Limestonecontact Is Sheared And Faulted.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Troy District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hafen, Joseph Of The Old English Gold Corp.
    First year 1960
  • Type Owner
    Owner Old English Gold Corp.
    First year 1946

Comments on the production information

  • $20-$40 PER TON ORES WERE SHIPPED IN 1949.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 500 FT ADIT, MINOR SHAFTS AND ADITS.

Comments on development

  • PROPERTY WAS STILL BEING DEVELOPED INTERMITTENTLY IN THE 1960'S.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HANGING WALL APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN LOCUS FOR MOST OF ORE MINED FROM 1936-1949.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1981 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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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