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Mable Mine

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper, Zinc
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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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037447
MRDS ID M035255
Record type Site
Current site name Mable Mine
Alternate or previous names NBMG # 3594

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.32345, 38.45881 (WGS84)
Elevation 2170
Relative position SO. GARFIELD HILLS, 1 MI. W OF MABLE MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mable Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Walker Lake(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007N 033E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 1 MI. NW OF GARFIELD MINE, UNSURVEYED THE PROPERTY IS ABOUT ONE MILE NORTHWEST OF THE GARFIELD MINE ON THE WESTSIDE OF GARFIELD MOPUNTAIN. ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY PASSES THE GARFIELD MINE.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Cerargyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore
Silver Ore
Jarosite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Sphalerite Gangue
Galena Unknown

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.32345, 38.45881
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E-W
    Dip 90
    Thickness 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulted Veins Occur Along A Nearly Vertical East West Trending Shear.

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE WORKINGS FOLLOW A NEARLY-VERTICAL, MUCH-FAULTED, EAST-WEST VEIN SYSTEM THAT RANGES IN THICKNESS FROM A FEW INCHES TO 3 FEET. ; GEOL.DESC: VEINS MOSTLY RUSTYQTZ. IN CHERT AND QUARTZITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1922 - 1940

Mining district

District name Garfield

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner West End Consolidated Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • $745,000.00

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 198.12M

Comments on the workings information

  • 650 FT SHAFT AND LEVELS AT 100 FT. INTERVALS A NEW ROAD HAD BEEN BUILT FROM GARFIELD FLAT AND WORK TO REOPEN THE MINE WAS IN PROGRESS.

Comments on development

  • DISCOVERY DATE UNKNOWN. A NEW ROAD, A650 FOOT SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 100 FOOT INTERVALS AND A 130 FOOT WINZE FROM THE 600 LEVEL. THE PROPERTY CONSISTS OF TWO PATENTED AND FOUR UNPATENTED CLAIMS. ; ECON.COM: ITS PEAK PRODUCTION FROM 1922-1940. THE MINE WAS BEING WORKED AT THE TIME OF THE SURVEY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSS, D. C., 1961 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 58

  • Deposit

    TELLURIDE CLAIMS,YERINGTON MINING DISTRICT,LYON COUNTY,QUADE VISIT SITE 4-20-89,NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES).

  • Production

    ROSS, F1

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE VEINS WERE DESCRIBED AS BEING OXIDIZED TO CAVERNOUS QUARTZ WITH LIMONITE AND CERARGYRITE,NATIVE SILVER,JAROSITE,ANGLESITE, CHRYSOCOLLA AND MALACHITE. THE HOST ROCKS CONSIST OF CHERT,QUARTZITE, AND LIMESTONE OF THE TRIASSIC AGE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1978 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1991 Marcus,S. ( Doebrich, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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