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Grand Deposit Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037244
MRDS ID M031204
Record type Site
Current site name Grand Deposit Mine
Alternate or previous names Plageman & Bush Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.56142, 39.61521 (WGS84)

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
20N 66E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 5 CLAIMS IN THE LOWER PART OF A SE-DRAINING CANYON ABOUT 3 MILES NNW OF AURUM P.O. 8 PATENTED AND 40 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Aurichalcite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Galena Ore
Hydrozincite Ore
Lead Ore
Malachite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 72
USGS model code 19a
Deposit model name Polymetallic replacement
Mark3 model number 47

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.56142, 39.61521
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fracture, N50w And 75sw

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES, PIPES, SMALL POCKETS
    Dip SW
    Thickness 4.57M
    Width 36.58M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture, Faults

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINE IN ZONE OF INTENSELY CRUSHED IRON STAINED LIMESTONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1871
Discoverer Mr.Noe

Mining district

District name Aurum

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Muncy Creek Mines
    First year 1920
  • Type Owner
    Owner Grand Deposit Mining Co., Muncy Creek Mining Co.
    First year 1922

Production statistics

  • Year 1937
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^6.79% Cu, 0.015 Oz/T Au, 9.24 Oz/T Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Silver Silver 261g/mt
    Ore Gold Gold 0g/mt
    Major Ore Copper Copper 7wt-pct
  • Year 1943
    Material ORE CU
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^9952 Lb Cu, 22035 Lb Pb, 724376 Lb Zn.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Zinc Zinc 327.2mt
    Major Ore Lead Lead 9.95mt
    Major Ore Copper Copper 4.49mt
  • Year 1944
    Material ORE ZN
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^3 Oz Au, 2160 Oz Ag, 31475 Lb Cu, 6652 Lb Pb.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Lead Lead 0.18mt
    Major Ore Copper Copper 0.88mt
    Ore Silver Silver 60990g
    Ore Gold Gold 84.71g
  • Year 1945
    Material ORE AG AU CU PB ZN
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^66 Oz Ag, 223 Lb Cu, 2381 Lb Pb
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Lead Lead 0.06mt
    Ore Silver Silver 1864g

Comments on the production information

  • MUCH OF ORE AVERAGED ABOUT 14% ZINC, 1 TO 2% LEAD, 1 TO 2 OUNCES SILVER PER TON BUT ORES AVERAGING 1 TO 7% COPPER AND ORE AVERAGING 1 TO 23% LEAD HAVE BEEN SHIPPED.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1942
    Total resources 5000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zinc Zn 19 wt-pct Zinc Trace 1942

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 94.49M
    Overall depth 154.84M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT 508 FT DEEP DIPPING 60 SW WITH SHORT DRIFTS AT 60, 100, AND 150 FT. ALSO A VERTICAL 2-COMPARTMENT SHAFT 90 FT DEEP; AND SMALL EXCAVATIONS

Comments on development

  • FIRST MINED FOR AG; LATER PB, ZN, CU. ORE SHIPPED IN 1937, 1943, 1944. FIRE DESTROYED ALL SURFACE EQUIPMENT IN 1944, BUT RECONSTRUCTION WAS UNDER WAY IN 1944 AND SHIPMENTS RESUMED IN 1945.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    NBMG FILE 322-C,ITEM 8; ENG AND MIN. JOUR, 1937; MINING RECORD, 1943; COUCH & CARPENTER, 1943, P. 150.

  • Reserve-Resource

    NBMG FILE 322-C, ITEM 11

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IS FOUND ON FLOORS OF SOLUTION CAVITIES FORMED ALONG THE SMALLER FAULTS AT INTERSECTIONS OF THIN-BEDDED LIMESTONE WITH THESE SMALLER FAULTS, AND IN GASH FRACTURES NEAR THE GRAND DEPOSIT FAULT. MAIN ORESHOOT DIPS STEEPLY SW AND RANGES IN WIDTH FROM 2 TO 15 FT, IS 60-120 FT LONG, AND HAS BEEN EXPOSED FOR ABOUT 400 FT IN DEPTH
Deposit CONSISTS OF 5 CLAIMS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

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

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