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New Era Mine

Past Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037140
MRDS ID M031008
Record type Site
Current site name New Era Mine
Related records 10270352

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.83526, 35.46668 (WGS84)
Elevation 853
Relative position 5.2 MILES EAST OF SEARCHLIGHT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fourth of July Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Davis Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Havasu-Mohave Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(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 Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
028S 064E 34 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.83526, 35.46668
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 45 W
    Dip 65 SW

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN MATERIAL IS THOROUGHLY WEATERED, CONSISTING OF BRECCIATED COUNTRY ROCK AND QUARTZ WITHOUT WELL DEFINED WALLS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Searchlight

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL PRODUCTION FROM 1922 - 1934 .

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 73.15M

Comments on the workings information

  • MAIN SHAFT HAS WATER LEVEL AT 200 FEET BELOW THE SURFACE, INCLINED 65 DEG. N 65 DEG. E.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALLAGHAN, E., 1939 , GEOLOGY OF THE SEARCHLIGHT DISTRICT, CLARK CO., NEV. USGS BULL. 906 - D P. 185

  • Production

    CALLAGHAN, E., 1939 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 6 CLAIMS CONSTITUTE THE NEW ERA PROPERTY ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-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.

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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