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Columbia Mine

Past Producer in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodity 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037314
MRDS ID M031288
Record type Site
Current site name Columbia Mine
Related records 10198398

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.96893, 39.26633 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 5 MILES W OF ELY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ruth(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ely(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
16N 62E 12 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Braunite Ore
Pyrolusite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 74
USGS model code 19b
Deposit model name Replacement Mn

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.96893, 39.26633
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Joints, Bedding Planes

Comments on the geologic information

  • MN OXIDES FORM BLANKET DEPOSITS ON THE BEDROCK SURFACES AND ALONG BEDDING PLANES AND JOINTS AND IN IRREGULAR BUNCHES AND LENSES IN LIMESTONE ADJACENT TO PB AND CU BEARING VEINS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Robinson

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • SEVERAL THOUSAND TON OF MN ORES (PYROLUSITE AND BRAUNITE) WERE PRODUCED, WITH MORE THAN 35% MN, AND MANGANIFEROUS ORES CONTAINING LESS THAN 35% MN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    HOSE ET. AL., 1976

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1979 Giorgi, Albert John (Roberts, Ralph) 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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