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Rainstorm Group

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044522
MRDS ID M231971
Record type Site
Current site name Rainstorm Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.92754, 37.16219 (WGS84)
Elevation 1679
Relative position 1.2 MILES S-SE OF THE HUMP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jangle Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pahranagat Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(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

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Analytical data

Result TWO SAMPLES OF VEIN CONTAIN 31.5 % PB, 0.07 OZ AU, 11.6 OZ AG PER TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Johnnie Formation
    Rock description Johnnie Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.92754, 37.16219
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
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 Monson, F. A.
    Home office Las Vegas
    First year 1951

Production statistics

  • Year 1940
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^55 % Pb, 25 Oz Ag, 0.25 Oz Au Per Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Ore Lead Lead 55wt-pct
    Ore Gold Gold 7g/mt
    Trace Ore Silver Silver 706g/mt

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 220 FT SHAFT, A 150 FT ADIT, SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS AND CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    BARNES, HARLEY, CHRISTIANSEN, R.L., AND BYERS, F.M., JR., 1965, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE JANGLE RIDGE QUADRANGLE, NYE AND LINCOLN COUNTIES, NEVADA: USGS MAP GQ-363

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-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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