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Knox Divide Mine

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodity 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046684
MRDS ID M241882
Record type Site
Current site name Knox Divide Mine
Alternate or previous names Knox Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.23674, 38.0105 (WGS84)
Elevation 1798

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin 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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002N 042E 23 SW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 10 CLAIMS, 100 ACRES ADJOINING THE HIGH DIVIDE ON THE NORTH, AND 3500 FT N. OF GOLD MOUNTAIN. . UTM IS TO NEAR CENTER OF CLAIM BLOCK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result $ 41/TON ASSY IN 1919

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.23674, 38.0105
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 1.52M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Divide District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Knox Divide Mining Co.
    First year 1920

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 9.14M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 92

  • Deposit

    WEED, W.H., ED., 1920, MINES HANDBOOK. VOL XIV, P. 1147.

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED CLAIM MAP OF DIVIDE DISTRICT, NBMG FILES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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