| Deposit ID | 10045584 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M233354 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Web Foot |
| Alternate or previous names | Key Vein/Tunnel, Aladdin Group |
| Geographic coordinates: | -116.01341, 40.51602 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | ADJOINING BULLION CLAIM |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Elko(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Ravens Nest(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Battle Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
South Fork Humboldt(hydrologic unit)
Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)
Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Elko |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 030W | 053E | 04 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Copper | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 59 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 18b |
| Deposit model name | Skarn Cu |
| Mark3 model number | 8 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| (1) | -116.01341, 40.51602 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Faults |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Width | 6.1M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1872 |
| Discoverer | Owned In Early Days (1872-1876) By A. J. Ralston Co. |
| Year of first production | 1872 |
| District name | Railroad |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Nevada-Bunker Hill Mining Co. |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 914.4M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M233354 |
NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES FILES74
RAYMOND, R. W., 187 5, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE STATES AND TERRITORIES WEST OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS FOR 1874
SMITH, R. M., MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA, USGS OPEN FILE REPORT 1976-56
SMITH, R. M., (1976)
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE WEBFOOT CLAIM IS DEVELOPED BY ADITS AND WINZES, AND BY THE WEBFOOT TUNNEL WHICH WAS DRIVEN, 200' WEST OF ADIT NO. 5 OF THE STANDING ELK AT SAME ELEVATION; IT CUT THE BULLION AND WEBFOOT VEINS. THIS ADIT ALSO CUT 400' OF SLSARN IN WHICH WAS A BODY OF SILICIOUS SILVER-COPPER ORE, 20' WIDE. DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS WERE DRIVEN ON THIS, AND IT WAS NAMED THE KEY VEIN-IT CARRIED GOOD VALUES IN SILVER AND COPPER. THE PROPERTY WAS OWNED BY THE NEVADA BUNKER HILL MINING CO. IN THE EARLY DAYS OF ITS DEVELOPMENT IN 1872-6 THE A. J. RALSTON & CO OPERATED THIS MINE AND THE NEARBY TRIPOLI MINES; THE COMPANY SMELTER WAS LOCATED IN (OLD) BULLION TO TREAT THE LEAD-SILVER ORES. THE WEBFOOT TUNNEL WHICH SKARES THE SAME DUNYS AND PORTAL AREA OF THE DAVIS TUNNEL WAS BEGUN AFTER THE 1905 PROPERTY CONSOLIDATION; IT WAS (WEBFOOT) ULTIMATELY DRIVEN 900' TO INTERSECT THE ORE BODIES AT DEPTH, WITH SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF CROSSCUTS UNDER THE WEBFOOT WORKINGS. THE PORTAL OF THE WEBFOOT TUNNEL IS ON THE |
| Deposit | STORM KING CLAIM ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Deposit | KEY VEIN, BULLION VEIN, WEB FOOT VEIN; CONTROLLED BY FAULTS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1979 | Tingley, J.V. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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