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Royston Coalition Mining Co.

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold, Gemstone
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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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044344
MRDS ID M231745
Record type Site
Current site name Royston Coalition Mining Co.
Alternate or previous names Foy-Betts Shaft, Campbell, Kelly, Walker Shaft

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.5176, 38.32215 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position NEAR THE NYE-ESMERALDA COUNTY LINE, Within 0.25 Mile., Within 0.25 Mile.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Outlaw Springs SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tonopah(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 005N 040E 05,06 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Gemstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Turquoise Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.5176, 38.32215
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 0.76M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Associated With A North Trending Fault.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Royston District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Perry, Gene
    Home office Mina
    First year 1948
  • Type Operator
    Owner Lied, Jim
    Home office Tonopah
    First year 1948

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 365.76M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF THE 225 FT WALKER SHAFT, CAMPBELL INCLINE SHAFT, KELLY ADIT, FOY-BETTS INCLINE SHAFT

Comments on development

  • MINED IN THE 1920'S, LATE 1930'S, LATE 1940'S, AND LATE 1960'S. THERE WAS A LITTLE SILVER ORE MINED FROM A LEASE IN 1970.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 155-156.

  • 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. 155.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-80 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-82 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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