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Stinson Mine

Past Producer in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Iron
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037291
MRDS ID M031255
Record type Site
Current site name Stinson Mine
Related records 10150312

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.93337, 39.58993 (WGS84)
Relative position APPROX 4 1/2 MILES NORTHWEST OF STEPTOE POST OFFICE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Steptoe Ranch(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
20N 62E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • EST

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Magnetite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.93337, 39.58993
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Numerous Faults

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE IN TWO LODES, ONE 10 INCH, STRIKING N40E, DIPPING 35 NW, CONSISTING OF THREE SUBPARALLEL SLIPS WITH INTERVENING FRACTURED QUARTZITE; THE OTHER N40E, 35 SE, AVERAGING 10 INCHES WIDE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Granite (Steptoe)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Campbell, W. D.
    First year 1916

Comments on the production information

  • SORTED ORE FROM THE SURFACE OF THESE VEINS IS SAID TO HAVE CARRIED FROM $30 TO $80 A TON IN GOLD. PANNINGS OF THE ORE FROM THE VEINS GIVE MORE CONCENTRATES THAN ORE FROM ANY OF THE OTHER VEINS IN THE DISTRICT.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF SEVERAL SHORT TUNNELS OF UNKNOWN LENGTH, OPEN CUTS AND A LOWER TUNNEL (300 FT LONG)

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.M., 1976, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE COUNTY, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL 85

  • Production

    HILL, 1916

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Giorgi, Albert John (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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