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Nippeno Mine

Past Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103561
MRDS ID M031044
Record type Site
Current site name Nippeno Mine
Related records 10173520

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.14611, 35.48751 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 MILE N OF CRESCENT PEAK IN THE LOW HILLS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crescent Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ivanpah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ivanpah-Pahrump Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
028S 061E 22,27 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Barite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.14611, 35.48751
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Normal Faulting

Ore body information

  • Strike N 25 W
    Dip 45 NE

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE IS IN 3 NARROW VEINS A FEW INCHES TO 2 FEET THICK, AVERAGING 10 INCHES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Crescent

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. W. Wilson, Harry Trehearne ( 1937 )

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 609.6M
    Overall depth 152.4M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HEWETT, 1956 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF IVANPAH QUAD., CALIF. AND NEVADA, USGS PROF. PAPER 275 P. 129 .

  • Deposit

    LONGWELL, C. R., PAMPEYAN, E. H., BOWYER, B., ROBERTS, R. J., 1965 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO. NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 62 .

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, W. O., 1937 , RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN CLARK CO. US BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 6964 , P. 20 .

  • Production

    LONGWELL ETAL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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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