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Smith Valley Mine

Past Producer in Douglas county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Molybdenum, Tungsten, Arsenic
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037760
MRDS ID M035948
Record type Site
Current site name Smith Valley Mine
Alternate or previous names Telluride Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.26681, 38.71685 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position 6 MI SE OF WELLINGTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lyon(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Desert Creek Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

West Walker(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Douglas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 010N 024E 23 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.26681, 38.71685
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • The Main Mineralization Appears To Have Been Replacement Ore.

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE META-SEDIMENTS ARE THOUGHT TO BE TRIASSIC-JURASSIC AND THE GRANITE OF CRETACEOUS AGE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Wilson - Pine Grove

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL UNRECORDED PRODUCTION

Comments on the workings information

  • LARGE SHAFT SUNK ON A 6-FOOT, HIGHLY SILICIFIED, FISSURE VEIN . THESE ARE FAIRLY LARGE WORKINGS WITH A WELL DEVELOPED CAMP, PART OF WHICH SERVED THE JACK RABBIT MINE JUST DOWN THE HILL.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: SMALL UNRECORDED PRODUCTION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MOORE, J. G., 1969 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS AND ORMSBY COUNTIES, NEV., NEVADA BUREAU OFMINES, BULLETIN 75 .

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

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