| Deposit ID | 10045681 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M233471 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Arrowhead Wonder Mines Co. |
| Geographic coordinates: | -116.16728, 38.08606 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1875 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 4.0 AIRMILES N03E OF OLD REVEILLE TOWNSITE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Nye(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Reveille(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Warm Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Tonopah(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
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Nye |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 003N | 052E | 30,31 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Glassy Rock > Pumice | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite |
| Rock unit name | Monotony Tuff;Tuff Of Arrowhead |
| Rock description | Monotony Tuff;Tuff Of Arrowhead |
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyodacite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyodacite |
| Rock unit name | Monotony Tuff;Tuff Of Arrowhead |
| Rock description | Monotony Tuff;Tuff Of Arrowhead |
| (1) | -116.16728, 38.08606 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Thrust Fault |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | E-W Fault, Nw-Striking Fault |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Arrowhead District; Needles District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M233471 |
WEED, W.H., 1922, MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XV
WEED, W.H., 1921, MINES HANDBOOK, VOL XIV.
KLEINHAMPL, F.J., AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO., NEV; NBMG BULL. IN PRESS.; NBMG BULL 99B, 1984.
QUADE, JACK, 1985, FIELD NOTES.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | 2 QUARTZ VEINS, ONE OF WHICH YIELDED ORE VALUED AT $110/TON AT A 25-FT. DEPTH. VEINS BELIEVED TO BE EXTENSIONS OF THOSE ON ARROWHEAD MINE GROUND |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1981 | La Pointe, D. D. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-JUL-1986 | La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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