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West Side Mines Co Mine

Occurrence in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, Arsenic, Iron, Gold, Vanadium
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043731
MRDS ID M231002
Record type Site
Current site name West Side Mines Co Mine
Related records 10047603

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.12929, 39.32991 (WGS84)
Relative position WEST SIDE OF CHALK MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Drumm Summit(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fallon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(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 Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 017N 034E 23 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Arsenic Critical Primary
Iron Primary
Gold Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Cerargyrite Ore
Copper Ore
Plumbojarosite Ore
Wulfenite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 72
USGS model code 19a
Deposit model name Polymetallic replacement
Mark3 model number 47

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.12929, 39.32991
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • OXIDIZED DEPOSITS CONSISTING OF POROUS IRON-STAINED MATERIAL OCCURING AS VEINS AND REPLACEMENT DEPOSITS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Chalk Mountain

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F O, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE CARSON SINK AREA, NEVADA, 1947: NBMG FILES

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, RONALD, AND SPEED, R C, 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL 83.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Flynn, Patricia Dodd Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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