Morgan Mine

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044540
MRDS ID M232004
Record type Site
Current site name Morgan Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.32344, 37.89354 (WGS84)
Elevation 2621
Relative position 0.85 MILES WEST OF MUSTANG MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Montgomery(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Benton Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Crowley Lake(hydrologic unit)

Mono-Owens Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Inyo 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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001N 033E 32 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
    Rock unit name Palmetto Formation
    Rock description Palmetto Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.32344, 37.89354

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Thrust Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Buena Vista District; Oneota, Basalt, Mount Montgomery Districts.

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CROWDER, D.F., ROBINSON, P.F., HARRIS, D.L., 1972, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BENTON QUADRANGLE: USGS MAP GQ-1013.

  • Deposit

    ALBERS, J. P. AND STEWART, J.H., 1972, NBMG BULL 78.

  • Deposit

    MILS, 1979, USBM DATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1981 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1985 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.

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.