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Tempa Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046516
MRDS ID M241687
Record type Site
Current site name Tempa Mine
Alternate or previous names Silver Star Lode, NBMG Sample Site 1563

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.07861, 37.94857 (WGS84)
Elevation 2286

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Deer Lodge Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Meadow Valley Wash(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 001N 071E 18 NW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • GOOD ACCESSIBILITY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.07861, 37.94857
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description N 35 E Structural Trend Extending Ne To Gold Bug Mountain
Type of structure Local
Structure description Many Fracture Surfaces Parallel To Strike Of Main Breccia Zone

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N5SE
    Dip 85NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciated Zone Along A N 35 E Structural Trend

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Eagle Valley (Fay, Gold Springs) District

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT AND ADIT SHOWN ON TOPO SHEET, (CONNECTING). CAVING STOPES.

Comments on development

  • NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1984

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS, 1972, DEER LODGE CANYON 7.5 TOPOGRAPHIC MAP.

  • Deposit

    FIELD EXAMINATION BY J.V. TINGLEY AND JACK QUADE, 6/15/84

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINE WAS DEVELOPED ALONG A VERY PROMINENT N 55 E, 85 NW BRECCIATED ZONE IN PALE TAN ANDESITE. WHITE QUARTZ AND WHITE CALCITE VEINLETS LACE BRECCIA ZONE, ACICULAR QUARTZ CRYSTALS FILL VUGS AND STREAKS AND FILMS OF BLACK METALLIC MINERAL OCCUR IN VEINS. PROMINENT OUTCROP EAST OF HEADFRAME SHOWS MANY FRACTURE SURFACES PARALLEL TO STRIKE OF MAIN BRECCIA ZONE, AND IS LACED WITH WHITE QUARTZ STRINGERS. WALL ROCK IS HIGHLY SILICIFIED ANDESITE BRECCIA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1984 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) 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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