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Irmine and Postum

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Iron, Manganese, Lead
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037359
MRDS ID M032048
Record type Site
Current site name Irmine and Postum
Alternate or previous names Irvine and Bauers
Related records 10173714

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.68556, 37.92635 (WGS84)
Relative position ON W SIDE OF ELY SPRINGS RANGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ely Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dry Lake Valley(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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
01N 65E 24 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM'S APPROXIMATED-IN GENERAL AREA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Iron Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.68556, 37.92635
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • LEAF GOLD DEPOSITED ALONG PLANES OF FRACTURE AND FOLIATION IN SHALE LAYER. GOLD ORE REPORTED TO BE 12-18 INCHES THICK. A 10 FOOT LIMESTONE IS REPLACED BY IRON AND MANGANESE OXIDES. QUARTZ GALENA VEIN UP TO 1 FOOT WIDE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Highland (Outlying Area)

Comments on the workings information

  • 50 FT INCLINED SHAFT, 80 FOOT ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TSCHANTZ CM & PAMPEYAN EH, 1970, GEOLOGY & MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO., NEV BUR MINES BULL 73

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1980 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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