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Return Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044207
MRDS ID M231575
Record type Site
Current site name Return Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.79094, 38.9577 (WGS84)
Elevation 2243
Relative position 2.2 MILES SW 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)

Southern Big Smoky 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 26 SE OF SW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Tetrahedrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermal Alteration

Analytical data

Result ORE ASSAYED UP TO $35 IN GOLD AND SILVER.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.79094, 38.9577
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along Shear Zones.Within Rhyolite Dike

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1934
Discoverer Relocated By James Ford Of Ione

Mining district

District name Ellsworth District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • AMOUNT UNKNOWN.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 236 FT SHAFT WITH 1,000 FT OF LATERALS.

Comments on development

  • IN 1925, RETURN MINING CO INSTALLED AND RAN A 12-STAMP MILL WITH A CYANIDE PLANT THAT PROCESSED ORE FROM THE RETURN MINE.

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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE-BEARING QUARTZ STRINGERS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1982 Lapointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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