Mincon Mine

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  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 10047418
MRDS ID M242719
Record type Site
Current site name Mincon Mine
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 2669

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.85791, 40.70656 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Natchez Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 033N 037E 30 SW OF NE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR HEAD OF CREEK WEST OF NATCHEZ PASS . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock
    Rock unit name Koipato Group
    Rock description Koipato Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock
    Rock unit name Koipato Group
    Rock description Koipato Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.85791, 40.70656

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N40E
    Dip (SHEAR) 50-60 SE; (VEINING) 40NW
  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N40E
    Dip (SHEAR) 50-60 SE; (VEINING) 40NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • N40e Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Sierra District; Dun Glen District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT, 2 OLD CAVED SHAFTS, SEVERAL CUTS

Comments on development

  • INACTIVE WHEN EXAMINED IN 1985. SOME ORE WAS HAULED TO THE LITTLEJUPITER MILL SOUTH OF WINNEMUCCA IN THE LATE 1970'S

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J.V., 18 JUN 85, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, NBMG BULL 89, PL. I.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WORKINGS FOLLOW A N40E, 50-60 SE-TRENDING SHEAR ZONE IN META-VOLCANIC ROCKS; LADDER-LIKE QUARTZ VEINING ALONG SHEAR ZONE, VEINING HAS STRIKE PARALLEL TO SHEAR ZONE, BUT DIPS 40 NW. HEAVY IRON OXIDE-STAINING; LIMONITE-AFTER-PYRITE CASTS IN QUARTZ.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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