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Grand Junction Group

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Tungsten
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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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044495
MRDS ID M231941
Record type Site
Current site name Grand Junction Group
Alternate or previous names Martin, Beatty Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.65727, 36.80941 (WGS84)
Elevation 1231
Relative position IN TUNGSTEN CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Carrara Canyon(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)

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 013S 47E Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore
Silver Ore
Wolframite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.65727, 36.80941
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description The Workings Are Located On A Thrust Fault.

Ore body information

  • Strike N25E
    Dip 60E

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Bare Mountain

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Cothern, R. B.
    Home office Beatty
    First year 1951

Production statistics

  • Year 1942
    Period 1940-42
    Material W
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.38-4.59 Percent Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Wo3 Tungsten Tungsten 2wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • SHIPMENT OF ONLY ONE CAR OF GOLD.

Comments on the workings information

  • OVER 1,000 FT OF ADITS AND SHAFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 64-65.

  • Deposit

    NBM BULL., STAGER, H.K. (IN PREP JAN 1984)

  • Production

    NBM BULL., STAGER H.K. (IN PREP. JAN 1984)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1981 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1984 Blaskowski, Michael J. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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