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Albert Mine

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047153
MRDS ID M242405
Record type Site
Current site name Albert Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.33483, 37.89771 (WGS84)
Elevation 2487
Relative position ABOUT 5 3/4 AIRMILES S 10 W FROM MOUNT MONTGOMERY (TOWN)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Montgomery(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Benton Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Crowley Lake(hydrologic unit)

Mono-Owens Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Inyo National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001N 033E 31.,32 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON N. SIDE OF QUEEN CANYON ABOUT 1 1/2 MILES FROM ITS MOUTH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Inyo Batholith
    Rock description Inyo Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Palmetto Formation
    Rock description Palmetto Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.33483, 37.89771
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw Shearing In Country Rock

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Buena Vista, (Oneota, Basalt, Or Mount Montgomery) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL ADITS; REMAINS OF MILL AND ORE BINS AT LOWER PORTAL, SOME OLD BUILDINGS.

Comments on development

  • NO EVIDENCE OF RECENT WORK AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALBERS, J.P., AND STEWART, J.H., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ESMERALDA COUNTY, NEVAD: N.B.M.G. BULL 78.

  • Deposit

    MILS, 1979, USBM

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J.V., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ADITS FOLLOW SHEAR ZONES IN ARGILLITE, MAROON AND GREEN SPOTTED SCHIST. NW SHEARING IN ROCK WITH CLOTS OF QUARTZ. DUMPS ARE BARREN EXCEPT FOR IRON-OXIDE STAINED QUARTZ - AT LEAST 3 PARALLEL SHEAR ZONES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1981 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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Authoritative Nevada resources

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