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Mottini Mine

Past Producer in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Iron, Nickel
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  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 10045368
MRDS ID M233077
Record type Site
Current site name Mottini Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.21568, 39.66796 (WGS84)
Elevation 1600
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position IN IXL CANYON, EAST OF BLACK PRINCE GROUP., I300m.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

I X L Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson Sink(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 021N 033E 24 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN. REPORTED SECTION QUESTIONABLE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Iron Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Magnetite Ore
Silver Ore
Calcite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation, Siliciation; Silicification

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 59
USGS model code 18b
Deposit model name Skarn Cu
Mark3 model number 8

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.21568, 39.66796
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip 45 SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Crushed, Fissured Zones; Igneous Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875
Year of first production 1875

Mining district

District name Ixl District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mottini, Charles
    First year 1918

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 155.45M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL ADITS(ONE 450 FT LONG) WITH A 60-FT. CROSSCUT

Comments on development

  • 300 TONS ORE SHIPPED IN "SEMI-EARLY" DAYS (LATE 1800'S)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C., 1947, USGS OFR

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 83

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CRUSHED, FISSURED ZONES ALONG IGNEOUS CONTACT. FOOTWALL OF VEIN IS GRANODIORITE;HANGING WALL IS GRAY LIMESTONE AND SLATE.
Deposit Discovery Year: LATE 1800'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-81 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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