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Redemption Mine

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, Molybdenum
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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 10046730
MRDS ID M241933
Record type Site
Current site name Redemption Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.37591, 37.33356 (WGS84)
Elevation 1762
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 1.5 MILES SOUTH OF THE TOWN OF HORNSILVER, To Within O.5 Miles

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Point SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Last Chance Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cactus-Sarcobatus Flats(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 007S 041E 12,13 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • REFERENCES GIVE CONFLICTING LOCATIONS. UTM IS CLOSE TO THE LOCATION SHOWN ON PL. 2 OF NBMG BULL 78. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerargyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Wulfenite Ore

Analytical data

Result BEST CONCENTRATES CARRIED 40% PB, 30% ZN AND 40 OZ/TON AG.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Wyman Formation
    Rock description Wyman
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.37591, 37.33356
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 40 E
    Dip NEAR VERTICAL
    Width 0.3M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875

Mining district

District name Hornsilver (Gold Point, Lime Point) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL TUNNELS, SHALLOW WINZES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 380, P. 42-43.

  • Deposit

    SCHILLING, J., 1962, NBMG REPORT 2, P. 17

  • Deposit

    SANFORD & STONE, 1914, USGS BULL. 585, P. 123

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, F.L., SEPT 1909, MIN & SCI. PRESS, P. 433-NBMG FILE. 92, ITEM 7.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 ADJACENT PARALLEL VEINS
Deposit Discovery Year: LATE 1800'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-82 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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