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Grant Mine

Past Producer in Eureka 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. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044799
MRDS ID M232390
Record type Site
Current site name Grant Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.99534, 39.49021 (WGS84)
Elevation 2256

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pinto Summit(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Hamilton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Diamond-Monitor Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(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 Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 019N 053E 27 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM PRECISION 500 M

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.99534, 39.49021
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ruby Hill Thrust, Ore In The Lower Plate

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractured, Permeable Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE OCCURS IN THE UNITS BENEATH THE RUBY HILL THRUST ZONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1873
Year of first production 1873

Mining district

District name Eureka District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on development

  • 1873 TO 1890 PRODUCTION WAS 681 TONS ORE VALUED AT $38,913.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS ETA. (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO. NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 64

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES (ELY) MILS NO 118, REFERENCE NO. 3201100107.

  • Deposit

    NOLAN T.B. (1962) THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, NEV., USGS PP. 406

  • Production

    NOLAN, T.B., (1962)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE OCCURS IN FRACTURED ZONES IN FAVORABLE BEDS BENEATH RUBY HILL THRUST ZONE.
Deposit THE PROPERTY IN LOCATED IN THE RUBY HILL AREA, THE RICHEST OF THE FIVE MINERALIZED BLOCKS IN THE DISTRICT. IT PRODUCED 681 TONS OF ORE WORTH $38,913 FROM 1873 TO 1890. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1980 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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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