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Summit Mine

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044139
MRDS ID M231485
Record type Site
Current site name Summit Mine
Alternate or previous names Upper Forvilly Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.20541, 40.29296 (WGS84)
Elevation 1966
Relative position IN A SADDLE IN THE CREST OF LINCOLN HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rochester(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 028N 034E 18 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.20541, 40.29296
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW-SE
    Dip 60NW

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN 2 1/2 FEET OR MORE IN WIDTH.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Rochester District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • AN INCLINE SHAFT

Comments on development

  • NO APPARENT ACTIVITY IN 1984

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, E. F., 1915, ROCHESTER MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA: IN USGS BULL.580

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NBMG OFR 85-3.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN 2 1/2 FT OR MORE IN WIDTH
Deposit OPENED BY AN INCLINE SHAFT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-MAY-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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