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Cimarron Group

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044352
MRDS ID M231755
Record type Site
Current site name Cimarron Group
Alternate or previous names San Antonio Mine
Related records 10310477

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.2537, 38.3416 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Relative position NORTHERN PART OF THE SAN ANTONIO MTNS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Liberty Springs(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)

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 006N 042E 34 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = SAN ANTONIO RANCH (1964) 1:625000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching,Argillization

Analytical data

Result AU/AG RATIOS RANGE FROM 1:0.7 TO 1:8.0 WITH MOST BETWEEN 1:2 AND 1:4.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Tonopah Formation
    Rock description Tonopah Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.2537, 38.3416
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SEAMS AND BUNCHES

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciated Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name San Antone District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Margaret Booth And Mrs. D. A. Orton
    First year 1970

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT $15,000 WAS PRODUCED.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF THREE ADITS AND SEVERAL SHAFTS.

Comments on development

  • THE CIMARRON MINE OPERATED FROM 1937 TO 1940. ONE VERIFIED SHIPMENT OF 9.6 TONS ORE CONTAINED 13.3 OZ AU, 47.2 OZ AG,AND HAD A GROSS VALUE OF $447.64 (1937). IN 1950, CHICAGO INTERESTS LEASED SOME OF THE CLAIMS AND PLANNED TO DRIVE A 400-FT. CROSSCUT TO THE GOLD-BEARING ZONE,BUT NO SIGNIFICANT PRODUCTION RESULTED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 161

  • 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.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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