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Stray Dog 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 10044298
MRDS ID M231695
Record type Site
Current site name Stray Dog Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.08231, 38.53521 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position 0.5 MILES SW OF MANHATTAN

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 044E 19 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.08231, 38.53521
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 15 E
    Dip 30 SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralized Fault Zone, Vertical Near Surface, But Dips Steeply West At Depth.

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE SCHIST STRIKES N 65 E, DIPS 30 SE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Manhattan District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hudson, Arthur
    Home office San Francisco, Ca

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED BETWEEN 1906 AND 1909. AMOUNT UNKNOWN.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 165 FT SHAFT. 240-FT SHAFT WITH ABOUT 1000 FT OF WORKINGS, TWO OTHER SHAFTS LESS THAN 100 FT DEEP; SEVERAL SMALL STOPES WHICH REACH SURFACE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FERGUSON, H.G., 1924, GEOL. AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MANHATTAN DISTRICT: USGS BULL. 723, P. 144-145.

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 122-123.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN MAY BE UNION NO.9 VEIN

Reporter information

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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