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Oscar Wehrend Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gemstone
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045799
MRDS ID M233629
Record type Site
Current site name Oscar Wehrend Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.47871, 38.32882 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

San Antonio Ranch SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky Valley(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005N;006N 040E;040E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 0.3 MILE FROM ROYAL BLUE MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MOSTLY SOFT, PALE AND NOT OF GOOD QUALITY

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Turquoise Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.47871, 38.32882
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SEAMS, COATINGS, NODULES
    Thickness 0.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1909
Discoverer Oscar Wehrend

Mining district

District name Royston District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 OPEN CUTS 20-30 FT LONG; 15 FT DEEP; SHALLOW SHAFT, SHORT ADIT

Comments on development

  • MUCH OF THE EARLY WORK WAS DONE BY LEE HAND

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRISSEY, F.R., 1968, NBMG REPORT 17, P. 26-28.

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE COUNTY: NBMG BULL. (IN PRESS).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1982 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology LAT-LONG TAKEN AT CENTER POINT OF GIVEN TOWNSHIP, RANGE
Editor 13-MAR-1998 Boyce, E. G. U.S. Geological Survey

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