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Small Unnamed Mine

Occurrence in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045931
MRDS ID M233829
Record type Site
Current site name Small Unnamed Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.72982, 40.42741 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mud Spring Gulch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Crescent Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 030N 047E 31 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 12 MILES WEST OF CRESENT VALLEY ON THE N. SIDE OF BARE MTN. IN CORRAL CANYON.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Sulfides, Silicification.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Slaven Chert;Shales Of Valmey
    Rock description Slaven Chert;Shales Of Valmey

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.72982, 40.42741
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Igneous Intrusion By Granite & Quartz Veins.

Comments on the geologic information

  • SERIES OF PROSPECTS AND SMALL ADITS AND SHAFTS LAY IN A E-W ALIGNMENT ALONG CORRAL CANYON ON NORTHSIDE OF BARE MT. BARE. SLAVEN CHERT AND SHALES OF VALMEY ARE BEING INTRUDED BY GRANITE, PROBABLY SAME STOCK AS GRANITE MTN.? SMALL QUARTZ VEINS WITH SULFIDE MINERALS WERE PRESENT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bullion

Comments on development

  • 50 FEET NORTH OF GOOD ROAD, AND OLD INCLINED SHAFT WHICH WAS CAVED ABOUT 40 FEET DOWN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, 1982

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1982 Mohsen, Ahmed F. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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