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Greco-American Group

Past Producer in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Manganese
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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. 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. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037248
MRDS ID M031209
Record type Site
Current site name Greco-American Group
Alternate or previous names Greek-American Mine, Silver Group, Inland Lead Mine, Clara Claim.
Related records 10247518

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.6203, 39.70021 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver Canyon(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 21N 65E 10 NE OF SW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • APPROX 2 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF AURUM 8 CLAIMS IN HEAD OF SILVER CANYON

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Manganese Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Lead Ore
Iron Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result 3 ASSAYS OF VEIN MATERIAL IN 1926 RAN 0.05, 0.03, 0.09 OZ/T AU
Result 2.6, 3.2, 17.0 OZ/T AG
Result 16.4, 6.8, 29.1 % PB.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.6203, 39.70021
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Numerous Faults

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike NW
    Dip 70SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure, Bedding Planes Fault And Fracture Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1881

Mining district

District name Aurum

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Greco-American Co.
    Home office Ely, Nv.
    First year 1916

Comments on the workings information

  • ON E SIDE OF CANYON: 100 FT INCLINE DIPPING 25 WITH A NARROW IRREGULAR DRIFT RUNNING E FOR >100 FT. ON WEST SIDE OF CANYON HEAD WERE SOME ABANDONED TUNNELS. DAVIS INCLINE, JUKES INCLINE, GOLD VEIN INCLINE, CLARA NO.1 AND CLARA NO.2 TUNNEL

Comments on development

  • PRODUCED A LITTLE ORE IN 1913. ORE WAS HAND-SORTED ON THE DUMP AND SACKED FOR SHIPMENT.

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

    CRANE, G.W., 1927?, NBMG FILE 322-B, ITEM 5, ITEM 6.

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1983, MILS DATA.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL IRREGULAR REPLACEMENT BODIES ALONG A STEEP NW-TRENDING FAULT AND ALONG BEDDING PLANES NEAR THE FAULT. ORE BODIES ARE OF REDDISH-BROWN IRON OXIDE WITH A LOT OF WHITE ARGENTIFEROUS LEAD CARBONATE.

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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