Sw Section 7 Shaft and Mill

Occurrence in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10092541
MRDS ID M035778
Record type Site
Current site name Sw Section 7 Shaft and Mill
Alternate or previous names NBMG # 4203

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.78263, 38.47659 (WGS84)
Elevation 2377
Relative position 8 MILES SW OF HAWTHORNE WASSUK RANGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Corey Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Walker Lake(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007N 029E 07 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR LEAD OF CORY CANYON

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicified Gouge

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.78263, 38.47659

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Trending 4 To 5 Foot Thick Fissure Vein

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE QUARTZ STRINGERS AND QUARTZ VEIN OCCUR IN DEEPLY WEATHERED GRANITE. THE MINERALIZED WHITE QUARTZ VEIN MATERIAL AND GOUGE WAS TRANSPORTED DOWN THE HILL FROM SHAFT VIA A WOODEN ORE SHOOT THAT MAY HAVE BEEN HELPED IN PART BY WATER FROM THE CISTERN? ; GEOL.DESC: POSSIBLE MO OCCURENCE OR CORY MINE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mount Grant

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the workings information

  • A SHAFT,CISTERN, A WOODEN ORE SHOOT (NO LONGER STANDING), A SMALL MILL SITE, AND TAILINGS. SLIGHTLY BELOW THE SHAFT IS A RECTANGULAR STONE AND PLASTER LINED CISTERN WHICH PROVIDED WATER TO A SMALL MILL ABOUT 150 FEET FURTHER DOWN THE HILL.

Comments on development

  • AREA WAS BEING MINED IN THE 1870'S. ; ECON.COM: PRODUCTION: SOME, BUT SMALL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TELLURIDE CLAIMS, MOUNT GRANT MINING DISTRICT,MINERAL COUNTY, QUADE VISITS SITE 6-14-89, NBMG UNPUBLISHED DISTRICT MINING FILES (TINGLEY FILES)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AT THE MILL SITE, THE ORE WAS CRUSHED AND APPARENTLY WASHED BEFORE BEING TRANSPORTED TO A LOWER TAILINGS PILE. THE ADJACENT ADIT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED ORE TO THE MILL? ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1978 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1991 Marcus, S. (Doebrich, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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