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Cambridge Mine

Past Producer in Lyon county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Uranium
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037658
MRDS ID M035823
Record type Site
Current site name Cambridge Mine
Alternate or previous names Oxford Claims Nbmg # 4209
Related records 10198289

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.0093, 38.68741 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Relative position 22MI SOUTH OF YERINGTON, NEV

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lyon(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pine Grove Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East Walker(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 Lyon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 010N 027E 31 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Uranium Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.0093, 38.68741
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • SAMPLE #4209 WAS TAKEN FROM WHAT APPEARED TO BE A SMALL STOCKPILE OF QUARTZ AND QUARTZ BRECCIA TO THE EAST OF THE VERY LARGE MAIN DUMP.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Wilson - Cambridge

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Russel Henderson
    Home office 2236 N 17 Th Street, Grand Junction,Co.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES UNKNOWN

Comments on the workings information

  • A NUMBER OF SHAFTS, ADITS AND PROSPECT PITS AT LEAST 3 SHAFTS EXIST, THE MAIN SHAFT IS INCLINEDAT 50 DEG TO THE NW. THE LARGE VERTICAL SHAFT IS SAID TO HAVE 300 AND 400 LEVELS. PROSPECTS TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH ALONG THE STRIKE.

Comments on development

  • EARLY HISTORY DATES FROM THE 1860'S BUT THERE ARE NO RECORDS BEFORE 1936,WHEN IT WAS REOPENED AND HAD SOME SMALL PRODUCTION. ; ECON.COM: REPORTED TO BE SMALL,BUT RECORDS ARE UNAVAILABLE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MOORE, J. G., 1969 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS AND ORMSBY CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 75 .

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, 1942 , CONCENTRATES FROM WESTERN STATES: MINING JOURNAL, (ARIZONA), V. 25 , NO. 18 , P. 19 - 32 .

  • Deposit

    STEWART ET AL, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PINE GROVE HILLS 15 MIN. QUAD

  • Deposit

    TELLURIDE CLAIMS,WILSON MINING DISTRICT,LYON COUNTY, QUADE SITE VISIT 06-14-89,NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IT LATER TURNED OUT THAT MR. HENDERSON BLANKED THE AREA WITH CLAIMS USING OLD ENGLISH NAMES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1991 Kleinhampl, F.J. (Marcus, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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