| Deposit ID | 10045683 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M233473 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | West Arrowhead Mines Co. |
| Geographic coordinates: | -116.17395, 38.09162 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1890 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 4.3 AIRMILES N05W FROM OLD REVEILLE TOWNSITE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Nye(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Reveille(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Warm Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Hot Creek-Railroad Valleys(hydrologic unit)
Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)
Central Nevada Desert Basins(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Nye |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 003N | 51E | 24 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Welded Tuff | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Tuff Of Arrowhead | ||||||||
| Rock description | Tuff Of Arrowhead | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Glassy Rock > Pumice |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Welded Tuff |
| Rock unit name | Tuff Of Arrowhead |
| Rock description | Tuff Of Arrowhead |
| (1) | -116.17395, 38.09162 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Wnw-Trending Faults; Arcuate Ne-Trending Fault; Nne-Trending Fault |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1920 |
| District name | Arrowhead District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | West Arrowhead Mines Co. |
| First year | 1922 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 30.48M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M233473 |
WEED, W.H., ED., 1922, MINES HANDBOOK, VOL XV
WEED, W.H., ED, 1921, THE MINES HANDBOOK VOL XIV.
KLEINHAMPL, F.J., AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO., NEV: NBMG BULL., IN PRESS., BULL 99B, 1984.
QUADE, JACK, 1985, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION OF ARROWHEAD DISTRICT.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1981 | La Pointe, D. D. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-JUL-1986 | La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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