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San Francisco Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045722
MRDS ID M233522
Record type Site
Current site name San Francisco Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.55844, 39.12964 (WGS84)
Elevation 2341

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Park(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gabbs Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 015N 039E 26,25 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NORTH OF THE ARCTIC MINE EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE SAID TO ASSAY ABOUT $8.00/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Window In Tertiary Volcanics

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N-S
    Dip 90
    Thickness 3.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Jackson District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 9.14M
    Overall depth 23.47M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHALLOW SHAFTS WITH SHORT CROSSCUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977, NBMG BULL. 88.

  • Deposit

    YORK, BERNARD, 1936, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON GOLD PARK MINES, NBMG FILES.

  • Deposit

    NASH, A.D., 1980, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON GOLD PARK MINE, NBMG FILES.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE VEIN PINCHES SEVERELY AT 46 FT. TO 16 INCHES. VEIN CUTS A WINDOW OF PERMIAN META ANDESITES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1982 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.