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Nemo Mine

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044295
MRDS ID M231691
Record type Site
Current site name Nemo Mine
Related records 10271216

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.1162, 38.54104 (WGS84)
Elevation 2051
Relative position 0.81 MILES W-NW OF MT. MORIAH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Manhattan(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008N 043E 23 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result THE BEST ASSAYS CONTAIN $130 IN GOLD, SILVER, COPPER AND LEAD (FERGUSON, 1924).

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Toquima Formation
    Rock description Toquima Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.1162, 38.54104
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • No Information

Comments on the geologic information

  • SMALL LENTICULAR MASS OF GLASSY QUARTZ LOCATED ON THE 40 FT LEVEL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Manhattan District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 40 AND 70 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FERGUSON, H.G., 1924, GEOL. AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MANHATTAN DISTRICT: USGS BULL 723, P. 136

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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