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Ely Gold Mine

Past Producer in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodities Mercury, Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Manganese
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040457
MRDS ID M055250
Record type Site
Current site name Ely Gold Mine
Alternate or previous names Robinson
Related records 10295824

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.94781, 39.27133 (WGS84)
Relative position STATION NNRR EGAN RANGE, NW OF ELY 5 MI

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ruth(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Spring-Steptoe 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 White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016N 062E 12 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Gold Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • HG FROM AMALGAMATION TAILINGS

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) Felsic phaneritic intrusive rocks
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1942

Mining district

District name Ely District

Comments on the production information

  • HG IS FROM AMALGAMATION TAILINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES: 1932, METAL AND NONMETAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 16

  • Production

    USBM UNPUB DATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1975 Gassaway, Judith S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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