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Andre-Rodgers Mine

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Clay, Talc-Soapstone
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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. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046846
MRDS ID M242063
Record type Site
Current site name Andre-Rodgers Mine
Alternate or previous names Lonesprings Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.6987, 37.40439 (WGS84)
Elevation 2256
Relative position 3.1 MILES SOUTH OF NEVADA HIGHWAY 3 ON SYLVANIA CANYON ROAD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sylvania Mountains(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring 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 006S 039E 19 SW OF NW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE RANGES FROM UNBROKEN TO BRECCIATED GREENISH GRAY TO MEDIUM GRAY CHLORITE WITH MINOR TALC, CALCITE, QUARTZ

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chlorite Ore
Talc Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

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) -117.6987, 37.40439
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike NW
    Dip 20-25N
    Thickness 1.83M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1936
Discoverer Joe Andre And Tex Rodgers

Mining district

District name Sylvania (Green Mountain) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Joe Andre And Tex Rodgers

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHALLOW STOPED AREAS ACCESSIBLE BY SHORT ADITS; A LONGER CAVED ADIT BELOW THE STOPED AREAS, AND SEVERAL SHALLOW PITS.

Comments on development

  • SEVERAL LESSEES WORKED THE MINE FROM ABOUT 1942 TO 1945.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, K.G., 1975, NBMG BULL 84, P.48

  • Production

    PAPKE, K.G., 1975. P.48.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1936, 1940
Deposit 2 ORE BODIES: A LOWER ONE IN MAIN STOPED AREA AND AN UPPER ONE IN UPPER STOPED AREA

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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