| Deposit ID | 10046609 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M241796 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Sylvanite Group |
| Alternate or previous names | Wahmonie Property |
| Geographic coordinates: | -116.16726, 36.81858 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1356 |
| Relative position | 20 MILES NE OF JUNCTION OF HIGHWAY 29 AND 95; 5 MILES WEST OF KANE SPRING. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Nye(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Skull Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Beatty(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Amargosa(hydrologic unit)
Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)
Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)
California(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
DOE(Federal land areas administered by DOE)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Nye |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 013S | 053E | 17 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Result | SOME $32 ORE WAS FOUND AT 65 FT LEVEL OF MINE (1951) |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate) |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite |
| Rock unit name | Salyer And Wahmonie Formations |
| Rock description | Salyer And Wahmonie Formations |
| (1) | -116.16726, 36.81858 |
|---|
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 1.52M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1925 |
| Discoverer | Mcrea And Lefler (Harry Stimler) |
| Year of first production | 1928 |
| District name | Wahmonie District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Military Reservation |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Du Bois, Clinton M. |
| Home office | Los Angles, Ca |
| First year | 1951 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M241796 |
CORNWALL, H.R., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN NYE CO.: NBMG BULL 77, P.41
KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 206-207.
NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, MINING DISTRCT OPEN-FLIES. FILE 259, ITEM 2.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1984 | Hefner, M.L. (Tingley, J.V.) | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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