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Gruss Mine

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044388
MRDS ID M231800
Record type Site
Current site name Gruss Mine
Alternate or previous names Aderondike Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.31176, 38.94131 (WGS84)
Elevation 3048
Relative position ON THE SOUTH SIDE, NEAR THE HEAD OF OPHIR CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

South Toiyabe Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012N 042E 05,06 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Analytical data

Result 1980-SELECTED GRAB SAMPLE CONTAIN (IN PPM): 1000 PB, 1500 CU, 0.02 AU, 50 AG, 300 MN, 700 BA.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.31176, 38.94131
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SPORADIC
    Strike N40E
    Dip 55NW
    Width 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulted And Weakly Fractured Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Twin River District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Gruss, Ronald M.
    Last year 1940
  • Type Owner
    Owner Lastreta, Mrs. Goldie
    First year 1950

Comments on the workings information

  • ALSO SEVERAL OTHER SHORT ADITS AND CAVED WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 184-185

  • 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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PARALLEL NARROW QUARTZ VEINS ANASTOMOSE AND COALESCE ALONG FAULT ZONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-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

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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