Derelict Mine

Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. 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 10044171
MRDS ID M231532
Record type Site
Current site name Derelict Mine
Alternate or previous names Climax Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.77622, 39.06686 (WGS84)
Elevation 2057
Relative position 1.04 MILES SW OF PHONOLITE TOWNSITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Burnt Cabin Summit(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gabbs 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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
014N 037E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Jarosite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Argillization

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.77622, 39.06686

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N20E
    Dip 90
    Width 6M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Silicified, Argillized Fault Zone.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bruner District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Stromer, Mory
    Home office Broken Hills

Comments on the production information

  • REPORTED SHIPMENTS IN 1939

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A STEEPLY INCLINED 300 FT SHAFT. SEVERAL 20-30 M SHAFTS ON THE UPPER PART OF THE RIDGE; A RECENT 1-2 ACRE CUT ON THE LOWER SLOPE; A 700-M INCLINED SHAFT.

Comments on development

  • RECENT BULLDOZER WORK HAD BEEN DONE IN AUGUST, 1981.POSSIBLY SOME ORE HAULED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 28

  • 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.

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., FIELD EXAMINATION 06 AUG, 1981.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SILICA-CEMENTED AND DRUSY-QUARTZ-FILLED HYDROTHERMAL BRECCIAS AND A VEIN NOTED ON THE PROPERTY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.