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Vanderbilt Tunnel

Past Producer 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. Alteration
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  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 10037535
MRDS ID M035472
Record type Site
Current site name Vanderbilt Tunnel

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.09844, 38.15687 (WGS84)
Elevation 1792
Relative position NORTH 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 004N 035E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • SINGLE ADIT EST. LOCATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Pre-Tertiary Hydrothermal

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.09844, 38.15687
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Candelaria Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1877 - 1878

Mining district

District name Candelaria

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE MAIN TUNNEL OF UNDETERMINED PROPORTIONS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PAGE, B. M., 1959 , GEOLOGY OF CANDELARIA MINING DISTRICT, MINERAL, CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 56

  • Deposit

    COUCH AND CARPENTER, 1943 , NEVADA'S METAL AND MINERAL PRODUCTION ( 1859 - 1940 , INCLUSIVE) UNIV. OF NEV. BULL., VOL. 37 , NO. 4

  • Production

    COUCH & CARPENTER ( F2 )

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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