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Mine Mountain

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Mercury, Barium-Barite, Antimony
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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. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046572
MRDS ID M241757
Record type Site
Current site name Mine Mountain

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.14476, 36.9908 (WGS84)
Elevation 1628
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position NEAR SUMMIT OF MINE MOUNTAIN, To One Of Several Shafts On Mine Mountain

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mine Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beatty(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sand Spring-Tikaboo Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

DOE(Federal land areas administered by DOE)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 011S 052E 11,12,13,14 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 7 MILES WEST OF YUCCA PASS ON THE NEVADA TEST SITE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Mercury Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Secondary
Antimony Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Silification Of Dolomite

Analytical data

Result ONE SAMPLE CONTAINS 10% PB, 0.5% HG, 0.07% AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Devils Gate Limestone And Nevada Formation;Eleana
    Rock description Devils Gate Limestone And Nevada Formation;Eleana

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.14476, 36.9908
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Deposits Are In Normal Faults In Upper Plate Of Thrust Fault

Ore body information

  • Strike N30E; N10W
    Dip HIGH-ANGLE; 65NE
    Thickness 1.52M
  • Strike N30E; N10W
    Dip HIGH-ANGLE; 65NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciation Of Quartzite In Upper Plate Of Thrust Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1928

Mining district

District name Mine Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 ADITS, 4 SHAFTS, SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS AND TRENCHES, GOOD ROAD, TWO RETORTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CORNWALL, H., 1972, NBMG BULL 77, P. 39.

  • Deposit

    BELL, E.J., AND LARSON, L.T., 1981, DRAFT REPORT: CHARACTERIZATION OF ENERGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SW NTS AND VICINITY, PREPARED FOR D.O.E., P. 61.

  • Deposit

    QUADE, J. AND BENTZ, J., 1982/1983, FIELD EXAMINATION

  • Deposit

    ORKILD, 1968, GEOL MAP OF MINE MOUNTAIN QUAD

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WORKINGS ARE IN HIGH-ANGLE NORMAL FAULTS IN BRECCIATED QUARTZITE AND SILICIFIED DOLOMITE OF UPPER PLATE OF THRUST. ON EASTERN SIDE OF MTN, PROSPECTS ARE ALIGNED ALONG A N10W, 65 NE SHEAR. HERE A 5-FT WIDE VEIN OF WHITE BARITE WITH SOME QUARTZ-CEMENTED BRECCIA AND MINOR SULFIDES IS EXPOSED ALONG STRIKE FOR ABOUT 300 FT. 4 SHAFTS ALONG CREST OF MTN. ARE ALIGNED N50E ALONG A VEIN SYSTEM OF SAME ORIENTATION. SAMPLES FROM THESE CONSISTED OF HIGHLY SILICIFIED BRECCIA, CRYSTALLINE BARITE, QUARTZ, WITH CRYSTALS OF DARK GREY METALLICS OF PB, MG, SB AND AG. VEIN MATERIALS FROM THE WESTERN-MOST SHAFT WERE MORE GOSSAN-LIKE FE-STAINED BRECCIA. 2 NE-TRENDING ADITS AND PROSPECTS ON W. SIDE OF MINE MTN FOLLOW A N45E 35 NW SHEAR ZONE IN A SECTION DOMINATED BY SILICIFIED DOLOMITE WITH SOME MINOR QUARTZITE. 2 PROSPECT PITS ABOVE THE UPPER ADIT EXPOSE A 3-FT WIDE VEIN ON THE SAME SHEAR. THE LOWER, 135 FT ADIT EXPLORES THE SAME SHEAR LOWER IN THE STRUCTURE THAT BEARS N40E AND DIPS STEEPLY NW. THE WALLROCK
Deposit IS MOSTLY QUARTZITE ABOUT 30 FT IN FROM THE PORTAL, SOME LOW-ANGLE FAULTING WAS OBSERVED THAT MAY BE THE MINE MOUNTAIN THRUST. SAMPLE 1863 WAS A SILICIFIED LIMESTONE BRECCIA WITH BARITE AND QUARTZI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-83 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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