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Michigan Boy Group

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044520
MRDS ID M231969
Record type Site
Current site name Michigan Boy Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.01004, 37.18385 (WGS84)
Elevation 1387
Relative position 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE OAK SPRING DISTRICT CENTER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oak Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pahute Mesa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sand Spring-Tikaboo Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

DOE(Federal land areas administered by DOE)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary

Analytical data

Result ORE ON THE DUMPS CONTAIN 11 TO 16 OZ/TON AG, 1.5% PB.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Wood Canyon Formation
    Rock description Wood Canyon Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.01004, 37.18385
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike S-W
    Dip 65SE
    Width 0.61M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Oak Spring District

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Lane, Ed
    Home office Groom, Lincoln County
    First year 1951

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 50 FT INCLINED SHAFT, SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS AND HOLES, AND A FEW TRENCHES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 140-141.

  • Deposit

    BARNES, HARLEY, HOUSER, F.N., AND POOLE, F.G., 1963, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE OAK SPRING QUADRANGLE, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS MAP GQ-214.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-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.

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