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Unknown Adits and Open Stopes

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. Materials information
  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. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037532
MRDS ID M035469
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown Adits and Open Stopes

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.10705, 38.1491 (WGS84)
Relative position SW FLANK CANDELARIA MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Candelaria(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003N 035E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • LARGE NUMBER OF SCATTERED WORKINGS ASCENDING SW FLANK OF CANDELARIA MOUNTAIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bindheimite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.10705, 38.1491
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip N

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: PRESUMED EXTENSION OF PARALLEL NORTH-DIPPING VEIN SYSTEM ASSOCIATED WITH POTOSI AND HECLA MINES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Candelaria

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZED FAULT ZONE

Reporter information

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

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