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Amargosa Group

Past Producer in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Gold, Copper, 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. Mineral occurrence model 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 10037245
MRDS ID M031205
Record type Site
Current site name Amargosa Group
Related records 10223574

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.57558, 39.61299 (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
Mount Diablo 20N 065E 02 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR THE SUMMIT OF AN EASTERN SPUR OF THE RANGE NEAR THE HEAD OF FRENCHMAN CREEK.

Commodities

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

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyodacite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.57558, 39.61299
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault

Ore body information

  • Strike EAST
    Dip 60N

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Open Fissure

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE BODIES ARE IRREGULAR, AND THOSE DEVELOPED ARE NOT LARGE.

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 National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • A CARLOAD OF SORTED ORE SHIPPED IN 1913 IS SAID TO HAVE CARRIED 52 % PB AND 6 OZ / T AG.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall depth 21.34M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 INCLINES

Comments on development

  • PRODUCED A LITTLE ORE IN 1913

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. JR. AND SMITH, R. M., 1976, NBMG BULL 85, P. 44.

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1983, MILS DATA.

  • Production

    HILL, J.M., 1916, P. 192.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1880'S
Deposit THE AMARGOSA GROUP CONSISTS OF 5 CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit IRREGULAR

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

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