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Muncy Creek Mine

Past Producer in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Zinc, Silver
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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. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037242
MRDS ID M031201
Record type Site
Current site name Muncy Creek Mine
Related records 10198569

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.58475, 39.58076 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position ESIDE OF SCHELL CREEK RANGE . N. SIDE OF MUNCY CREEK ABOUT 2.5 MILES WNW OF ELDRIDGE RANCH.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kalamazoo Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kern Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Spring-Steptoe Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 20N 66E 08,17 SW (08) Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 17 CLAIMS, 5 PATENTED ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Lead Ore
Clay Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Analytical data

Result AVG. CONTENT 20% ZN, 30% PB WITH 8-10 OZ/T AG.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.58475, 39.58076
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zones(?)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1882
Discoverer Mr. Noe

Mining district

District name Aurum (Muncy Creek, Silver Mountain Subdistrict)

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner K. B. A. Mining Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Muncy Creek Mining Co.
    First year 1922

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT; 25-FT CROSSCUT TUNNEL, INCLINE RAISE, 20- AND 30- FT VERTICAL WINZES; ABOUT 100 FT OF DRIFTS AT TOP OF RAISE.

Comments on development

  • CARS OF ORE SHIPPED 1926, 1933.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOSE, BLAKE, & SMITH 1976, GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE CO, NEV. NEV BUREAU OF MINES & GEO. BULL 85

  • Deposit

    NBMG DISTRICT FILE 322, ITEM 1, ITEM 10

  • Deposit

    NBMG FILE 322, PRESS CLIPPINGS, 1926, 1933,MINING RECORD.

  • Deposit

    WEED, W.H.,ED, 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL XV, P. 1261-1262.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FISSURES FILLED WITH CLAYEY MATERIAL (GOUGE ?), LIMONITE, AND LEAD AND ZINC CARBONATE. ZINC CARBONATE 2-5 FT WIDE OCCURS ON HANGING WALL SIDE OF MAIN FISSURE; PB ORE ON FOOTWALL SIDE.
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1880'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1979 Giorgi, Albert John (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1984 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) U.S. Geological Survey

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