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Bill Nye Mine

Past Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold, Vanadium
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008117
MRDS ID D000035
Record type Site
Current site name Bill Nye Mine
Alternate or previous names Homestake
Related records 10294264

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.5089, 35.81056 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Relative position 5 MILES SW OF GOODSPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shenandoah Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mesquite Lake(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
024S 058E 31 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calamine Ore
Galena Ore
Hydrozincite Ore
Smithsonite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 72
USGS model code 19a
Deposit model name Polymetallic replacement
Mark3 model number 47

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.5089, 35.81056
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Beds Are Upper Part Of A Thick Section Forming Limb Of Anticline

Ore body information

  • Strike N 45 E
    Dip 45 SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone On South

Comments on the geologic information

  • PIPELIKE ORE BODY IN DOLOMITIZED BRECCIA ZONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Goodsprings

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 167.64M
    Overall depth 67.06M

Comments on the workings information

  • MOST OF ORE HAS COME FROM A SINGLE STOPE ABOVE THE TUNNEL LEVEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HEWETT, 1931 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGS QUAD., USGS PROF. PAPER 162 , P. 146 .

  • Deposit

    LONGWELL, C. R., PAMPEYAN, E. H., BOWYER, B., ROBERTS, R. J., 1965 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO., NEV.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 62 , P. 186 .

  • Production

    HEWETT, D. F., 1931

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-AUG-1973 Fischer, Richard P. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-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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