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Mcmahon Mine

Past Producer in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Copper
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046617
MRDS ID M241805
Record type Site
Current site name Mcmahon Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.65392, 39.84326 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Schellbourne(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kern Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Spring-Steptoe Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 023N 065E 29,30,31,32 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN MCMAHON CANYON, BETWEEN THE SHERIDAN & MUNCEY AND THE SUMMIT MINE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE (1873) WAS OF GOOD GRADE, BUT REFRACTORY.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.65392, 39.84326
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 4.27M
    Length 304.8M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1871

Mining district

District name Aurum (Schellbourne Subdistrict) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SURFACE CUT EXPOSED A FACE OF ORE 20 FT LONG BY 8 IN. THICK AVG. $75./TON IN 1871. BY 1873, A SHAFT HAD BEEN SUNK TO A DEPTH OF 200 FT AND DRIFTS HAD BEEN RUN 25 FT EACH WAY FROM THE BOTTOM.

Comments on development

  • A 5-STAMP MILL HAD BEEN BUILT BY 1873: IDLE IN 1874.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAYMOND, R.W., 1871, USBM MINERALS YEARBOOK.

  • Deposit

    RAYMOND, R.W., 1873, USBM MINERALS YEARBOOK, P. 229

  • Deposit

    RAYMOND, R.W., 1874, USBM MINERALS YEARBOOK, P. 277,-278

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MCMAHON LEDGE, ON E. SIDE OF MCMAHON CANYON

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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