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Ernst and Brown Property

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045822
MRDS ID M233660
Record type Site
Current site name Ernst and Brown Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.40757, 38.36327 (WGS84)
Elevation 2146

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tybo(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 006N 050E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN GILMORE GULCH ABOUT 0.4 MILES UPSTREAM FROM GILMORE MINE; "4 MILES ABOVE WILLIAMS RANCH AT HOT CREEK." ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary

Analytical data

Result GRAB SAMPLE OF SORTED ORE RAN 82 OZ/TON AG.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.40757, 38.36327
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tybo District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on development

  • 2 CLAIMS ALONG THE UNCLE SAM FAULT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BLACKBURN, W.H., 1917, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON ERNST AND BROWN PROPERTY, HOT CREEK, NYE CO., NV: NBMG FILE 257, ITEM 4.

  • Deposit

    FERGUSON, H.G., 1933, NBMG BULL. 20.

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, NBMG BULL 50.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION OCCURS AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE UNCLE SAM FAULT.

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.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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