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Gracie Mine

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043958
MRDS ID M231268
Record type Site
Current site name Gracie Mine
Alternate or previous names Elder Creek Mine. the Entire Peoperty Consists of Two Groups Of, Claims: the Gracie Group Dewey, Glasgow, Gold Crown, Gracie, Boston, Confidence, Gold Hill, Jap and Fritz Claims and the New York Group New York, Elder Aulder Creek, Gold Hill and Sunday Claims. the New York Group Are Located Near, The Nead of the Main Fork of Elder Creek, While the Gracie Group Claims Are Located To the North and West, Near the Head of the Middle Fork of Elder Creek. As the Story Goes, A Horseman Riding Over the Range In Search of Cattle Was Attracted, By the Peculiar Color of A Piece of Rock That the Hoff of His Horse, Dislodged From What Is Now Known As the Gracie Vein -- Vadner, 1912.

Comments on the site names

  • THE NEW YORK GROUP ARE LOCATED NEAR THE NEAD OF THE MAIN FORK OF ELDER CREEK, WHILE THE GRACIE GROUP CLAIMS ARE LOCATED TO THE NORTH AND WEST, NEAR THE HEAD OF THE MIDDLE FORK OF ELDER CREEK. AS THE STORY GOES "A HORSEMAN RIDING OVER THE RANGE IN SEARCH OF CATTLE WAS ATTRACTED BY THE PECULIAR COLOR OF A PIECE OF ROCK THAT THE HOFF OF HIS HORSE DISLODGED FROM WHAT IS NOW KNOWN AS THE GRACIE VEIN" -- VADNER, 1912.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.09512, 40.6624 (WGS84)
Elevation 1821
Relative position 9 MILES NW OF THE TOWN OF BATTLE MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Snow Gulch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 032N 043E 11 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN NARROW CANYON WEST OF ELDER CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Iron Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Cuprite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Jarosite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE AVERAGED 0.03 OZ/TON AU
Result 1.97 OZ/TON AG
Result O% CU. EARLY ORE (1912) ASSAYED 12-20% CU
Result 13-22 OZ./TON AG
Result $1.00/TON AU (GOLD AT ABOUT $20/OZ.) WITH SOME ORE AS HIGH AS 45% CU AND 55 OZ/TON AG.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 180
USGS model code 27d
Deposit model name Simple Sb (veins, pods, etc)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Harmony Formation
    Rock description Harmony Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.09512, 40.6624
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N16W
    Dip 40-75SW
    Length 152.4M
    Width 76.2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults, Brecciated Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • MOST ORE OCCURS ALONG THE MINERALIZED FAULT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1917

Mining district

District name Battle Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • AU; 0.03-0.05 OZ/TON AU; 10.9-13.8 OZ/TON AG; 11.35-12.6% CU

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONE MINERALIZED FAULT WAS EXPLORED FOR 500 FT. ALONG STRIKE AND 250 FT. DOWN DIP. FROM 1917 TO 1928, THE MINE PRODUCED 1949 TONS ORE. THE GRACIE AND ELDER CREEK MINES ARE TREATED TOGETHER HERE, ALTHOUGH THEY LIE ON DIFFERENT CLAIMS OWNED BY THE SAME PEOPLE. ; 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
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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