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Ney Group

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045786
MRDS ID M233614
Record type Site
Current site name Ney Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.26062, 38.66938 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position ON SW HILLSIDE OF MOREY CANYON, WEST OF MAGNOLIA GROUP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Morey Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Jefferson(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

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 009N 051E 05 W2 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 16 MILES NW OF HOT CREEK RANCH. 4 MILES FROM MAIN ROAD TO EUREKA. (EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.26062, 38.66938
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike E-W
    Dip VERTICAL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1921

Mining district

District name Morey District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ney, William
    First year 1921

Comments on the workings information

  • NO DEVELOPMENT

Comments on development

  • OWNERS IN 1921 THOUGHT MAGNOLIA VEIN HAD EXTENSION IN NORTHERLY CLAIM OF THIS GROUP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, H.A., 1921, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE NEY GROUP-(UNPUBLISHED); ON FILE AT NBMG FILE 241, ITEM

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-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.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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