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Green Monster Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Antimony
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047239
MRDS ID M242507
Record type Site
Current site name Green Monster Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.38225, 37.64524 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 1500 Ft

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Irish(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Timpahute Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

White(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003S 059E 29,32 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN MAIN PAHRANAGAT DISTRICT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result $150 IN AG/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.38225, 37.64524
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NE-SW
    Dip 75 SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1865

Mining district

District name Pahranagat District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on development

  • SEVERAL TONS OF ORE EXTRACTED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWNE, J.R, 1868, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STATES AND TERRITORIES WEST OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS, 1867 P. 339-340.

  • Deposit

    RAYMOND, R.W., 1869, USBM MINERALS YEARBOOK FOR 1868, P. 112-115.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FISSURE VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-85 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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