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Edison-Nevada

Past Producer in Carson City county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043772
MRDS ID M231052
Record type Site
Current site name Edison-Nevada
Alternate or previous names June Ellen Mine From Topo Sheet

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.61349, 39.10879 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carson City(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mineral Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Carson(hydrologic unit)

Carson(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 Carson City

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 014N 021E 03 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.61349, 39.10879
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • NO ORE MINERALS MENTIONED IN REFERENCE (?)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Delaware

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • FIRST LOCATED AS PHOENIX CLAIM IN "EARLY DAYS", 1919-ERA OWNERS CLAIMED "SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS PRODUCED FROM MINE. ACCORDING TO CARPER, P 2, "THE PROPERTY IS TRAVERSED BY A WIDE BELT OF PORPHYRY OR HIGHLY ALTERED SILICIFIED RHYOLITE, THE COUNTRY ROCK BEING A FINE-GRAINED ANDESITE. THE ORE BEING ON UNDEFINED BUNCH IN THE PORPHYRY WITH NO HANGING WALL OR FOOT WALL THAT WAS DEFINABLE".

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CARPER, AF, REPORT ON EDISON NEVADA PROPERTY, UNPUB REPORT, NBMG FILES, OCT 7, 1919

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Tingley, J.V. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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