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Woodville Shaft

Past Producer in Storey county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Iron
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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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043946
MRDS ID M231255
Record type Site
Current site name Woodville Shaft

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.65044, 39.27434 (WGS84)
Elevation 1637

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Storey(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Virginia City(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 Storey

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016N 021E 05 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Strong-Sericitization, Pyritization, Propylitization

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Alta Andesite
    Rock description Alta Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Silver City Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • "WOODVILLE VEIN PROVED TO BE ONE OF THE MOST PRODUCTIVE VEINS OF THE DISTRICT"-GIANELLA

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Comstock Lode

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Dayton Mines Inc.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Dayton Mines Inc

Comments on the production information

  • SOM COPPER PRODUCTION, TOO.

Comments on development

  • MINED UNDER AUSPICES OF DAYTON MINES, INC.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STODDARD, CARL, AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1950, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STOREY AND LYON COUNTIES, NEVADA NBMG BULL 49

  • Deposit

    GIANELLA, V.P., 1936, GEOLOGY OF THE SILVER CITY DISTRICT AND THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE COMSTOCK LODE; UNIV. NEVADA BULL. VOL. 30, NO. 9

  • Production

    STODDARD, C., AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1950

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN/SILVER CITY FAULT
Deposit THIS PROPERTY WAS MINED UNDER THE ASUPICES OF THE DAYTON MINE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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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