Cambrian and New York Mine

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead
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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045203
MRDS ID M232889
Record type Site
Current site name Cambrian and New York Mine
Alternate or previous names Watt Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.04982, 39.54436 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Yankee Blade(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Edwards Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Reese(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe 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 Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 019N 044E 05 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Cerargyrite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Polybasite Ore
Proustite Ore
Pyrargyrite Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stephanite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Graphite Gangue
Psilomelane Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrolusite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Rhodochrosite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.04982, 39.54436

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fractures, Postmineral Faults

Ore body information

  • Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault And Joint Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1869
Discoverer David Todd

Mining district

District name Reese River District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED BETWEEN $5,000 TO $100,000. MAY BE UP TO $150,000.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 445.01M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE MAIN INCLINE WAS DRIVEN N38E FOR 350 FT AND IS INCLINED AT ANGLES THAT RANGE FROM 14DEG TO 45DEG; MOST OF IT SLOPES A LITTLE MORE THAN 30DEG. LEVELS HAVE BEEN OPENED AT DISTANCES OF 85, 179, AND 253 FEET. DRIFTS ARE EXTENDED FROM EACH LEVEL, AND STOPES AR CARRIED UPWARD.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 88.

  • Deposit

    ROSS, C.P., 1953, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE REESE RIVER DISTRICT, LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 997.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE VEIN FOLLOWS A CRUSHED ZONE THAT NEARLY PARALLELS THE QUARTZITE (COUNTRY ROCK) BEDDING. IRREGULAR VEINLETS ARE DISTRIBUTED THROUGH THE ZONE.
Deposit THIS MINE WAS REOPENED IN 1900 AND SOME MATERIAL WAS MINED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1981 Flynn, Patricia Dodd 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.