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Carrie Mine

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Antimony, Molybdenum, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Tungsten
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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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037029
MRDS ID M030062
Record type Site
Current site name Carrie Mine
Related records 10222251

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.67676, 38.16521 (WGS84)
Elevation 2149
Relative position 2.4 MILES S-SE OF GILBERT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gilbert(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring 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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004N 038E 35 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Antimony Critical Secondary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Galena Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Palmetto Formation
    Rock description Palmetto Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.67676, 38.16521
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NORTH
    Dip 50W
    Width 12.19M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 53.34M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along A Shear Zone 3 To 10 Ft Wide.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1890
Year of last production 1925

Mining district

District name Gilbert District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED $40,000 TO 1927.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 313.94M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 230 FT 50 DEGREE INCLINED SHAFT WITH THREE LEVELS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHILLING; 1962B; MOLYBDENUM IN NEVADA; NEV. BUR. OF MINES; REPORT 2

  • Deposit

    FERGUSON, H.G., 1927, THE GILBERT DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 795-F, P. 138-139.

  • Production

    FERGUSON, 1927, P. 138.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1978 Theodore, Ted G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1981 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) 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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