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Meyer Group Mine

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gemstone
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045023
MRDS ID M232675
Record type Site
Current site name Meyer Group Mine
Alternate or previous names Becky, Mucket, White Hills, Moon Walk, Black Hope,

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.0613, 41.81431 (WGS84)
Elevation 1448
Relative position 4 MILES SW FROM DIFFERENT SUB-HEADQUARTERS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Virgin Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Vya(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vya(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Thousand-Virgin(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 045N 026E 17 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ACTUAL WORKINGS EXTEND FARTHER EAST AND WEST THAN THE COORDINATES GIVEN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • OWNERS' INCOME FROM THE BECKY AND MULLET CLAIMS 1969-1971 WAS APPROX. $3500; $1500 FROM THE LEASE AND $2000 FROM OPALS PRODUCED BY THE LESSEE. THE $2000 REPRESENTS ONLY 5 % OF THE TOTAL OPAL VALUE. THE OWNERS THEMSELVES MINED AN ADDITIONAL $2000 WORTH OF OPAL FROM THE BLACK HOPE, WHITE HILLS, AND MOONWALK CLAIMS. TOTAL OPAL VALUE PRODUCED FROM THE MEYER GROUP IS ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT $42.000.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Opal Ore
Gypsum Gangue
Petrified Wood Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Montmorillonite Clay

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Volcanic Ash

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.0613, 41.81431
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 1828.8M
    Width 60.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sedimentary Bedding

Comments on the geologic information

  • OPAL-BEARING TUFF HORIZON IS 10 FT. THICK IN PLACES. DEPOSIT MINEABLE OVER 200 FT. X 6000 FT. AREA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1954
Discoverer John And Virgie Meyer
Year of first production 1969

Mining district

District name Virgin Valley District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Lessee/Operator
    Owner Opals Inc.
    First year 1969
    Last year 1971
  • Type Owner
    Owner Meyer, John And Virgie
    First year 1978

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL OPAL VALUE PRODUCED FROM MEYER GROUP ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT $42,000.

Comments on the workings information

  • 13 DOZER CUTS AND ONE PIT

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1954, 1969
Deposit THE GROUP CONSISTS OF 5 CLAIMS - THE BECKY, MUCKET, AND WHITE HILLS CLAIMS WERE LOCATED IN 1954, AND THE MOONWALK IN 1969, AND THE FORMER OWNERS OF THE BLACK HOPE QUIT CLAIMED TO MEYER IN 1971. MEYER LEASED THE BECKY AND MUCKET CLAIMS TO OPALS INC. FROM ABOUT 1969 TO 1971. DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF 13 DOZER CUTS AND ONE PIT. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit ASH BED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1981 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-MAY-1987 La Pointe, D.D. U.S. Geological Survey

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