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Tramps Mine

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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  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 10044480
MRDS ID M231924
Record type Site
Current site name Tramps Mine
Alternate or previous names Tramps Consolidated Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.83533, 36.8944 (WGS84)
Elevation 1140
Relative position SOUTH EDGE OF BONANZA MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Beatty(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beatty(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012S 046E 16 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.83533, 36.8944
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description North-South To Northwest Faults.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along N-S Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Bullfrog District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Liddell, Charles A.
    Home office Los Angeles, Ca
    First year 1951

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF THE TRAMP TUNNEL, HOBO INCLINED SHAFT, NELSON SHAFT, ECLIPSE TUNNEL, TRAMP SHAFT, ECLIPSE SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, F.L., 1910, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BULLFROG DISTRICT: USGS BULL. 407, P. 115-120

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 34-35

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NELSON VEIN, ECLIPSE VEIN, HOBO VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1981 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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