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Combination Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities 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. 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. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044164
MRDS ID M231524
Record type Site
Current site name Combination Mine
Related records 10271141

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.86174, 38.58187 (WGS84)
Elevation 2225
Relative position 1.2 MILES SE OF BELMONT TOWNSITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Belmont East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Jefferson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Diamond-Monitor Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 009N 045E 36 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Stetefeldite Ore

Analytical data

Result 1860'S - ORE AVERAGED $80 PER TON.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate

Nearby scientific data

(1) Felsic phaneritic intrusive rocks
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form CHIMNEYLIKE
    Strike N15W
    Dip 30 NE
    Width 6.71M
  • General form CHIMNEYLIKE
    Dip 30 NE
  • General form CHIMNEYLIKE
    Dip 30 NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • The Ore Forms A Belt Near The Hanging Wall. The Deposit Is Closely Associated With The Pre-Tertiary Granitic Intrusive Epoch. The Veins Are Control By The Bedding Planes With A Strike Of N15-20w, Dip 60-90 Ne.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Belmont District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Combination Gold And Silver Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FROM MILL RECORDS.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A THREE-COMPARTMENT SHAFT TO 160 FT. DEPTH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS

  • Production

    KRAL, 1951, P. 22

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HIGHBRIDGE VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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