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Section 34 Mine

Past Producer in Washoe county in Nevada, United States with commodity Copper
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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 10043869
MRDS ID M231160
Record type Site
Current site name Section 34 Mine
Alternate or previous names Buenavisto ? Hatch, 1867

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.9524, 39.64656 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Reno NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Honey-Eagle Lakes(hydrologic unit)

North Lahontan(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

California(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 021N 018E 34 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Enargite Ore
Quartz Gangue

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 Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Peavine District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A LOWER ADIT, APPARENTLY SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF WORKINGS, AN UPPER ADIT, AND SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS AND PITS. THE ADITS ARE CAVED AT THE PORTALS (BONHAM, P 80)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H F, GEOL & MIN DEP WASHOE & STOREY CO, NEV, NBMG BULL 70, 1969

  • Deposit

    HATCH, A, MAP OF PEVINE DIST, 1867, FILES, NBMG, RENO

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1978 Tingley, J.V. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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