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Denver Mine

Occurrence in Washoe county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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Sections on this page
  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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  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 10043853
MRDS ID M231142
Record type Site
Current site name Denver Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.77128, 39.31712 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE EAST OF EAST LAKE BLVD. AND NORTH-NORTHEAST OF WASHOE CITY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Washoe City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Truckee(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(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 Washoe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 017N 020E 30 NE OF NE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • FRACTIONAL SECTION IN BONHAM (1969, P. 64) IS INCORRECT. CORRECT LOCATION CONFIRMED BY BONHAM (VERBAL COMMUNICATION 80CT91)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.77128, 39.31712
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Walker Lane Fault System
Type of structure Local
Structure description Intrusive Contact

Ore body information

  • Strike N85E
    Dip 55S

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN IS ADJACENT TO INTRUSIVE CONTACT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Galena District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT AND PROSPECT SYMBOLS SHOWN ON TOPOGRAPHIC MAP.

Reference information

Comments on the other database information

  • NONE RECORDED

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, HF, 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WASHOE & STOREY COUNTIES NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 70

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1978 Tingley, J.V. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-NOV-1990 Skurski, M. (Marcus, Sue) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1991 Marcus S U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1994 Humphries, S. E. (Moyer, L.) 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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