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Unidentified Occurrence

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
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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. 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 10045463
MRDS ID M233209
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Occurrence
Alternate or previous names Central Mine?

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.46706, 38.46742 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pamlico(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)

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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007N 031E 13 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ESTIMATED UTM LOCATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Gold Range
    Rock description Gold Range
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.46706, 38.46742
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Northerly Trending Shears

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip 45-65E

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Northerly Trending Shears

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Hawthorne District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • GENERAL ABSENCE OF STOPED AREAS INDICATES THEY PRODUCED LITTLE ORE EXCEPT FOR SOME POSSIBLE SECONDARILY ENRICHED ZONES AT THE SURFACE.

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE OF VEINS FOLLOWED DOWN DIP ABOUT 150 FEET BY INCLINED SHAFT. ANOTHER VEIN THAT DIPS 15E WAS FOLLOWED DOWN AN ADIT SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET WITHOUT ANY STOPES ON THE VEIN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARCHBOLD AND PAUL, 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE PAMLICO MINING DISTRICT, MINERAL CO., NEV.; NBMG BULL. 74

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS HAVE BEEN INTENSIVELY PROSPECTED, BUT THE GENERAL ABSENCE OF STOPED AREAS INDICATES THEY PRODUCED LITTLE ORE EXCEPT FOR SOME POSSIBLE SECONDARILY ENRICHED ZONES AT THE SURFACE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1981 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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