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McKane Mine

Occurrence 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047043
MRDS ID M242285
Record type Site
Current site name McKane Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.24648, 38.07355 (WGS84)
Relative position 1.5 MILES N. OF MT. BUTLER.

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)

Southern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003N 042E 34 NE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • APPROX. LOCATION ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.24648, 38.07355
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tonopah District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALBERS, J.P. & STEWART, J.H., 1972, GEOLOGY & MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ESMERALDA CO., NBMG BULL. 78

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H.F. JR., & GARSIDE, L.J., 1979, GEOLOGY OF THE TONOPAH, LONE MTN., KLONDIKE, AND NORTHERN MUD LAKE QUADRANGLES, NEV., NBMG 92.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1983 Shonnard, Ann T. (Tingley, Joe 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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Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.