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George and Charlie Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045071
MRDS ID M232730
Record type Site
Current site name George and Charlie Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.37874, 41.40045 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Little Poverty(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Osgood Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 041N 041E 32 NW OF NW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON SOUTHEAST FLANK OF HOT SPRINGS RANGE ACCESSIBLE BY 4WD TRAIL FROM ROAD FOLLOWING HUMBOLDT RIVER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 74
USGS model code 19b
Deposit model name Replacement Mn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Pumpernickel Formation;Havallah Formation
    Rock description Pumpernickel Formation;Havallah Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.37874, 41.40045
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ne-Trending Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • MANGANESE OXIDES REPLACE CHERT AND CHERTY SHALE ALONG SHEAR ZONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Poverty Peak District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 59

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OWNER REPORTS CARS OF ORE HAVE BEEN SHIPPED FROM PROPERTY. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1981 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-JAN-1994 Humphries, S. E. (Marcus, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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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