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Flagstaff Mine

Past Producer in Nye 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044203
MRDS ID M231569
Record type Site
Current site name Flagstaff Mine
Alternate or previous names 1928 - Eary Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.77205, 38.97686 (WGS84)
Elevation 2243
Relative position ONE MILE NW OF ELLSWORTH TOWNSITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ellsworth(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(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)

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 013N 037E 24 NE OF SW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.77205, 38.97686
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45W
    Dip 45NE
    Length 304.8M
    Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • In A Silicified Shear Zone.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Ellsworth District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Benton, Don
    Home office Salt Lake City, Ut

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION BETWEEN 1933-1940.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A LONG ADIT, AN INCLINED SHAFT, AND SEVERAL CUTS.

Comments on development

  • A SMALL MILL OPERATED FROM ABOUT 1933 TO 1934, PARTLY ON ORE FROM THE FLAGSTAFF MINE. IT WAS RELOCATED AS EARY GROUP PREVIOUSLY IN 1928. IN 1935, J.L. CORLETT MILLED ORE FROM HERE IN A SMALL MILL HE RAN AT THE LOWER END OF ELLSWORTH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 112

  • 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. 112

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINE SHUT DOWN IN 1958. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

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

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