National Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Gold, Iron
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. Production statistics
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047177
MRDS ID M242433
Record type Site
Current site name National Mine
Alternate or previous names National Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.61612, 38.08079 (WGS84)
Elevation 2243

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bristol Range SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wilson Creek Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dry Lake 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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003N 066E 31 PROJECTED FROM EAST Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • AREA UNSURVEYED; 400 FT E OF GYPSY FISSURE OF BRISTOL SILVER MINE, ABOUT 450 FT E OF GYPSY SHAFT ON N SLOPING HILLSIDE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Gold Secondary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Recrystallization Of Wall Rock To A Coarse Calcite

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 72
USGS model code 19a
Deposit model name Polymetallic replacement
Mark3 model number 47

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Highland Peak
    Rock description Highland Peak
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.61612, 38.08079

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fissures/Faults

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike NORTH-SOUTH
    Dip 60 E

Controls for ore emplacement

  • National Fissure (N 7-15 E, 65-80 E)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bristol-Jackrabbit District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1914
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^15.9 Oz Ag, .025 Oz Au/Ton, 6.5% Pb, 10% Co, 7.3% Zn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Ore Zinc Zinc 7wt-pct
    Ore Cobalt Cobalt 10wt-pct
    Minor Ore Lead Lead 7wt-pct
    Minor Ore Gold Gold 1g/mt
    Major Ore Silver Silver 449g/mt

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A LARGE OPEN CUT AND A SHALLOW 65-FT INCLINE WINZE (1932), A 100 FT TUNNEL, WITH CONSIDERABLE STOPING FROM THE WINZE AND ON THE TUNNEL LEVEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WESTGATE, L.G., & KNOPF, A., 1932, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE PIOCHE DIST., NEV., USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 171, P. 70.

  • Deposit

    NBMG DISTRICT FILE 171, ITEM 8, ITEM 21

  • Production

    WESTGATE, L.G., & KNOPF, A., 1932, USGS, PP 171, P 70

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NATIONAL FISSURE - ABOUT 400 FT E OF THE GYPSY FISSURE. IT INTERSECTS BOTH THE MAY DAY AND TEMPEST FISSURES AND OFFSET THEM A FEW FEET IN PLACES. ORE OCCURS REPLACING LIMESTONE, AND IN CONJUNCTION WITH SEVERAL N20W FISSURES. IT CONTAINED CONSIDERABLE COPPER AS MALACHITE AND CHRYSOCOLLA WITH SOME RED AND BLACK OXIDES. LOCALLY THE ORE EXTENDS SHORT DISTANCES OUT FROM THE FISSURE VEIN INTO THE LIMESTONES PARALLEL TO THEIR BEDDING.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1982 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.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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