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Defiance Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037243
MRDS ID M031203
Record type Site
Current site name Defiance Mine
Alternate or previous names Defiance Prospect
Related records 10272030

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.5678, 39.60632 (WGS84)
Elevation 2110
Relative position 2 1/2 MILES NORTHWEST OF AURUM

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 09 NE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON A LOW RIDGE BETWEEN 2 SMALL CANYONS, N OF AND ADJACENT TO THE KANSAS MINE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Copper Ore
Malachite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Iron Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 59
USGS model code 18b
Deposit model name Skarn Cu
Mark3 model number 8

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.5678, 39.60632
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N30E TO E-W
    Dip 10NW TO 45S

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure, E Trending, Dips 45 Deg Sbedding Plane Fault Strikes N And Dips 20w.

Comments on the geologic information

  • IRREGULAR MINERALIZATION HAS OCCURRED ALONG THE FISSURE GARNET-EPIDOTE TACTITE BODIES UP TO 15 FT WIDE DEVELOPED ALONG CONTACTS OF SYENITE PORPHYRY DIKES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Aurum

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • INACCESSIBLE SHAFT AND 2 OPEN CUTS IN 1916. 3 VERTICAL SHAFTS AND SEVERAL PITS.

Comments on development

  • MINED FOR COPPER 1928-1942.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HILL, JAMES M, 1916 NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA, US GEO. BULL. 648

  • Deposit

    HOSE R. K., BLAKE M. C., AND SMITH R., 1976, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE COUNTY, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 85

  • Deposit

    STAGER, H.K., IN PREPARATION, NBMG BULL ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1983 MILS DATA.

  • Production

    STAGER, H.K., IN PREPARATION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL OREBODIES IRREGULARLY DISTRIBUTED ALONG FISSURE. SMALL BODIES OF CELLULAR IRON OXIDE AND DARK GREENISH GARNET CARRY ORE MINERALS.
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1880'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Giorgi, Albert John (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1983 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) 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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