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Evening Star Mine

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037449
MRDS ID M035280
Record type Site
Current site name Evening Star Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.43373, 38.48103 (WGS84)
Elevation 1792
Relative position GARFIELD HILLS, 11 MI. SE OF HAWTHORNE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pamlico(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)

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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007N 032E 08 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 4,000 FT. SE OF LA PANTA MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.43373, 38.48103
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR REPLACEMENT BODIES

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MATERIAL ON DUMP INDICATES GEOLOGICAL SIMILARITIES TO LA PANTA MINE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1887
Discoverer J. B. Menardi, J. Bavernschmidt
Production years 1887 - 1889

Mining district

District name Hawthorne

Comments on the production information

  • APPROXIMATELY $30,000 WAS PRODUCED FROM THIS MINE

Comments on the workings information

  • MAIN PRODUCTION APPEARS TO HAVE COME FROM A VERTICAL SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARCHBOLD AND PAUL, 1970 ,GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE PAMLICO MINING DISTRICT, MINERAL CO., NEV., NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 74

  • Production

    ARCHBOLD AND PAUL, BULL. 74

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NEAR CREST OF LA PANTA ANTICLINE

Reporter information

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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