| Deposit ID | 10045444 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M233187 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Mabel Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.32373, 38.45881 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Mineral(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Mable Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Walker Lake(hydrologic unit)
Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)
Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Mineral |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 007N | 033E | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Anglesite | Ore |
| Cerargyrite | Ore |
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Jarosite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 85 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 22c |
| Deposit model name | Polymetallic veins |
| Mark3 model number | 46 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Luning | ||||
| Rock description | Luning | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -118.32373, 38.45881 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | E-Trending Shear Zone |
| Strike | E |
|---|---|
| Dip | NEAR VERTICAL |
| Width | 0.91M |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Garfield District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | West End Consolidated Mining Co. |
| First year | 1922 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 198.12M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M233187 |
ROSS, 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 58
VANDERBURG, 1937, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; USBM IC 6941
COUCH AND CARPENTER, 1943, NEVADA'S METAL AND MINERAL PRODUCTION; NBMG BULL. 37 NO. 4
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MUCH-FAULTED VEINS RANGE FROM 3 INCHES TO 3 FEET IN THICKNESS. VEINS MOSTLY RUSTY QUARTZ IN CHERT AND QUARTZITE, AND CONTAIN PYRITE, GALENA, AND SPHALERITE. VEINS COMMONLY OXIDIZED TO CAVERNOUS QUARTZ WITH LIMONITE AND CERARGYRITE, NATIVE SILVER, JAROSITE, ANGLESITE, CHRYSOCOLLA, AND MALACHITE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1981 | Royse, Sue E. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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