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Illinois Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold, Zinc, Copper, Uranium, Manganese
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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. Geologic structures
  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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044266
MRDS ID M231649
Record type Site
Current site name Illinois Mine
Alternate or previous names Marble Camp, Sand Mound Shaft, Silver Link Shaft

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.88206, 38.99436 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Relative position 2.2 MILES WEST OF LODI TANKS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Downeyville(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013N 036E 13 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP. PROPERTY CONSIST OF FIVE PATENTED AND 18 UNPATENTED LODE CLAIMS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerargyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES CONTAIN 0.01 % U3O8.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Illinois Stock
    Rock description Illinois Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Porphyry > Lamprophyre
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary
    Chronological age 47
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Luning Formation
    Rock description Luning Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.88206, 38.99436
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Thrust Fault, Reverse Faulting

Ore body information

  • Length 1609.3M
    Width 45.72M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 213.36M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciation

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1874
Discoverer Alfred Welch

Mining district

District name Lodi District/Marble

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Jack Swanson
  • Type Owner
    Owner Burt, C. I.
    Home office San Francisco, Ca
    First year 1951

Comments on the production information

  • OVER $1 MILLION PRODUCTION HAD BEEN RECORDED BY 1948A G3 82 04

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1219.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF THE 1,060 FT ILLINOIS SHAFT, 400 FT SAND MOUND SHAFT, AND THE 65 FT SILVER LINK SHAFT.

Comments on development

  • DRIFTS, STOPES AND CONNECTED WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., 1973, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 81, P. 86

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 96

  • 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

    NBMG FILE 238, ITEM 1 (1948)

  • Deposit

    NBMG FILE 238, ITEM 7

  • Deposit

    KRUEGER,AND SCHILLING,J., 1971, GEOCHRON /NBMG K/AR AGE DETERMINATIONS, LIST 1: ISOCHRON WEST, NO.71-1,P.9-14.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THREE VEINS: THE ILLINOIS, WELCH, AND EAST VEIN. THREE VEINS COMPRISE A ZONE UP TO 150 FT WIDE, TRACEABLE FOR ABOUT A MILE LATERALLY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1984 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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