Rattlesnake Mine

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper
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. 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 10047130
MRDS ID M242381
Record type Site
Current site name Rattlesnake Mine
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 1189, Us Patent Survey 3502a and B.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.24563, 37.27356 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Scottys Junction 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008S 042E 03 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 1.5 MILES SSW OF ANDERSON WELL ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Specularite Gangue

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE VALUE OF ORE WAS $23/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Timber Mountain Tuff
    Rock description Timber Mountain Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.24563, 37.27356

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N75E TO E-W
    Dip NW
    Width 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • PERTINENT MINERALS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: SILICA, IRON OXIDES, PYRITE, GANGUE MINERALS (QUARTZ, SPECULARITE)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1897

Mining district

District name Tokop (Bonnie Claire) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bonnie Claire Bullfrog Mining And Milling Co
    First year 1907

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT, SHAFT, SURFACE CUTS

Comments on development

  • ABOUT 1897-1899 THE RATTLESNAKE MINE PRODUCED $150,000 WORTH OF ORE, THEN CLOSED, AND REOPENED AGAIN JUST PRIOR TO 1907

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS, 1968, SCOTTYS JUNCTION SW 7.5 MINUTE SERIES TO POGRAPHIC MAP.

  • Deposit

    BALL, S.H., 1907, USGS BULL 308, P.190

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1978, MILS DATA

  • Deposit

    SMITH/BENTZ, 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, 6 MAY 83.

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, F.L., 1907, USGS BULL 303, P. 81-82.

  • Production

    RANSOME 1907, P. 81.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FRACTURED QUARTZ VEIN, SECONDARY SILICA COATS VUGS AND BOGWORKS, SILICA VEINLETS CUT ROCKS, SILIGHTLY GOSSANY.
Deposit THIS RECORD HAS BEEN REVISED TO INCLUDE INFORMATION FROM RECORD NUMBER M232146.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1981 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-AUG-1983 Maningas, M. (Marcus, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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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