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Agamemnon Mine

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Antimony
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044127
MRDS ID M231470
Record type Site
Current site name Agamemnon Mine
Related records 10174560

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.14791, 40.43072 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Unknown Precision +/-800 M

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Congress Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 030N 034E 27 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION QUESTIONABLE. EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Antimony Critical Secondary

Analytical data

Result ORE ASSAYS $10 TO $150 PER TON AU
Result $100 PER TON AG

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.14791, 40.43072
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW-SE
    Dip 70SW
    Width 2.13M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Unionville District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • A TUNNEL RUNS INTO LEDGE FOR 200 FT

Comments on development

  • NO APPARENT ACTIVITY IN 1984

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WHITEHILL, 1873, BIENNIAL REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST OF NEVADA FOR YEARS 1871-1872; CARSON CITY, NEV., PRINTER

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H. F., JR., SEP 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION OF DISTRICT.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LEDGE IS 7 FT WIDE, CROPPINGS CAN BE TRACED FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET ON THE SURFACE
Deposit LOCATION ON SAME HILL AS THE ARIZONA MINE. IT CROSSES THE MOUNTAIN EAST OF THE ARIZONA WORKS. LEDGE IS SEVEN FEET WIDE, CROPPINGS CAN BE TRACED FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET ON THE SURFACE. A TUNNEL RUNS INTO LEDGE 200 FEET. MASS OF ORE IN MINE AVERAGING $20 TO $25 PER TON. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-81 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-MAY-86 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-94 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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