1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Old Wheelbarrow

Occurrence in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodity Silver
Map
XML
JSON
KML
C
Sections on this page
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045839
MRDS ID M233679
Record type Site
Current site name Old Wheelbarrow
Alternate or previous names Tit #1, Tat #1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.07894, 39.77104 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Franks Well(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newark Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Long-Ruby 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 White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.07894, 39.77104
ListMap

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zone

Ore body information

  • Strike N40W
    Dip 70SW
    Plunge NONE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • N40W, 70SW SHEAR ZONE CUTTING DULL, GREY FLAGGY LS., ROCK IN SHEAR ZONE IS CEMENTED WITH SILICA & BARITE. SOME OF THE BARITE IS FRACTURED AND RE-CEMENTED WITH LATER BARITE. CLOTS OF PALE GRAY AND BROWN JASPER GOSSAN. PALE-YELLOW-GREEN STAIN OCCURS ON THE JSP & IN JUGS IN THE JASPER.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cherry Creek

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bida And Belastaqui
    First year 1981

Comments on development

  • OLD SHAFT = 20 FT DEEP, TWO CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OBSERVATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1982 Martin, Paul (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.

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.