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Silver Canyon Lode

Occurrence in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodity 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045864
MRDS ID M233720
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Canyon Lode
Alternate or previous names Desting Tunnel

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.87865, 39.96021 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Exchequer Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kern Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Spring-Steptoe 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 White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Marble Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.87865, 39.96021
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N20W
    Dip 60 SW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • GREY & WHITE CRYSTALLINE MARBLE ON THE DUMP CONTAIN DRUSY CRYSTAL OF SULFINDES IN JUGS & ALONG FRACTURES. LIMESTONE EXPOSED IN PORTAL OF OLD TUNNEL IS LT. GREY, THIN-BEDDED, OVERLIES QUARTZITE UNIT, UNITS STRIKE N20W, DIP 50SW.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cherry Creek

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on development

  • RECENT CLAIM STAKING, RECENT ROAD CLEARING

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1982 Martin, Paul (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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