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Wamsley Mine

Occurrence in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodity Silver
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037461
MRDS ID M035322
Record type Site
Current site name Wamsley Mine
Alternate or previous names Big Deal Claims Nbmg # 3617

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.37789, 38.40659 (WGS84)
Elevation 1853
Relative position SO. FLANK GARFIELD HILLS, 16 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 006N 032E 2 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE OCCURS AS LIGHT-BROWN OR BRIGHT YELLOW-ORANGE RESINOUS MASSES

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.37789, 38.40659
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STREAKS AND LENSES
    Strike N 80 DEGREES W
    Dip W 70 DEGREES S

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Mineral Is Argentiferous Bindheimite

Comments on the geologic information

  • SHEAR WITH QUARTZ BRECCIA

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pamlico

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Delbert Shultz
    Home office P.O. Box 407, Hawthorne,Nv.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION UNKNOWN

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SHORT SHAFTS ARE PROSPECTS AND LIKELY DO NOT HAVE A PRODUCTION HISTORY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    TELLURIDE CLAIMS, PAMLICO MINING DISTRICT,MINERAL COUNTY, QUADE SITE VISIT 5-2-89, NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GRANULAR QTZ. VEINS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1978 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1991 Marcus, S. (Doebrich, 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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Authoritative Nevada resources

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