Land Mark Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046869
MRDS ID M242093
Record type Site
Current site name Land Mark Mine
Alternate or previous names Part of Landmark-Life-Preserver Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.78145, 37.29246 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 1.8 MILES NE OF TOLICHA PEAK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tolicha Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pahute Mesa(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

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007S 046E 36 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM IS TO MAIN MINE WORKINGS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Pervasive Silicification; Oxidation Of Vein Material

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.78145, 37.29246

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 25-30 E
    Dip 60 SE
    Length 2413.95M
    Width 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Breccia Zone Parallel To Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1917
Discoverer J.C. Mckay Of Reno And J.J. Jordan Of Tonopah And E.D. Yeiser Of Goldfield.

Mining district

District name Tolicha District

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Comments on the production information

  • G9, G10, G11 MAY BE DATA FOR LANDMARK AND LIFE-PRESERVER COMBINED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 457.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • 140-FT INCLINED SHAFT WITH LOWER CONNECTING ADIT AND SEVERAL DRIFTS AND WINZES, PLUS 3 OTHER INCLINES AND PROSPECTS TO THE NE ALONG THE SAME STRUCTURE. MANY OTHER PROSPECT PITS IN VICINITY OF MINE

Comments on development

  • WORKED BY LESSEES IN EARLY 1930'S

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, J. AND BENTZ, J., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION ON 12-5-82.

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, NBMG BULL 50, P.167-168.

  • Deposit

    CORNWALL, H., 1972, NBMG BULL 77, P. 41.

  • Deposit

    NORBERG, J.R., 1977, MINERAL RESOURCES IN THE VICINITY OF THE NELLIS A.F.B. ETC., USBM REPT.

  • Deposit

    LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA; NEV. NEWSLETTER PU. CO., RENO, NEV.

  • Deposit

    CARPER, A.F., 1921, NBMG DISTRICT FILE 253, ITEM 1.

  • Deposit

    SMELTER RETURN, 1940, NBMG DISTRICT FILE 253, ITEM 7.

  • Production

    QUADE/BENTZ, 1982

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN SYSTEM OF MASSIVE QUARTZ AND BRECCIA RECEMENTED BY A CHERTY, HARD, OPALINE SILICA. VEIN IS OVER 5 FT WIDE BUT IS BOUNDED BY A ZONE OF SILICIFIED COUNTRY ROCK OVER 50 FT WIDE
Deposit NBMG SAMPLE NOS. 1910, 1911, 1912 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1983 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.

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

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