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Tramp Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037189
MRDS ID M031068
Record type Site
Current site name Tramp Mine
Alternate or previous names Tramp Miner Property
Related records 10174026

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.16831, 36.37943 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Relative position 7 MILES N OF GOLD BUTTE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Devils Throat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Mead(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Vegas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lake Mead(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(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
018S 070E 10 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cuprite Ore
Limonite Ore
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.16831, 36.37943
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Gold Butte Fault

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS AND IRREGULAR POCKETS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZED ZONES NEAR FRACTURE ZONE PARALLEL TO THE BEDDING IN THE LIMESTONE. ORE CHEIFLY LIMONITE, OCCURS AS STRINGERS AND IRREGULAR POCKETS THROUGH WIDTH OF 4 - 5 FEET.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Gold Butte

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • 2 SHIPMENTS OF ORE REPORTED, 1 SHIPMENT CONTAINED 24 % CU.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall depth 38.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF A NUMBER OF INCLINED SHAFTS WITH SHORT LEVELS AT 50 AND 100 FEET.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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 , P. 184 .

  • Deposit

    HILL, J. M., 1916 , NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA, USGS, BULL. 648 , P. 49 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE OCCURS AS STRINGERS AND IRREGULAR POCKETS REPLACING LIMESTONE THROUGH A WIDTH OF 4 TO 5 FEET.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1983 Shonnard, Ann T. (Tingley, Joe V.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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