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Smith and Dobbins Property

Occurrence in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodity Manganese
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046368
MRDS ID M241510
Record type Site
Current site name Smith and Dobbins Property
Related records 10149770

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.24582, 37.0522 (WGS84)
Relative position 24 MILES EAST OF VIGO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tule Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Clover Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Virgin(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 010S 069E 23 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • THE LOCATION IS ONLY AN APPROXIMATION FROM THE LITERATURE ON THE VIGO MANGANESE DISTRICT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrolusite Ore
Wad Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.24582, 37.0522
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault

Ore body information

  • Width 0.61M
    Depth to bottom 21.34M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Gouge

Comments on the geologic information

  • MN OCCURS IN GOUGE ON THE FOOTWALL OF A FAULT THAT SEPERATES LIMESTONE AND RHYOLITE TUFF

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Vigo District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on development

  • NODULES CONTAIN 40-44% MN AND 15-20% SILICON DIOXIDE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TSCHAMTZ, C.M. AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 73

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1982 Lyles, B.F. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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