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Myra

Past Producer in Washoe county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055091
MRDS ID RE00033
Record type Site
Current site name Myra
Alternate or previous names Stud Mine, Norris Spring No. 7

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.38294, 39.69711 (WGS84)
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 3.5 MILES NE OF OLINGHOUSE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Olinghouse(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pyramid-Winnemucca Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 Washoe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
021N 023E 10;15 SE OF SE (10) OF NE OF NE (15) Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM FROM NORRIS SPRING NO. 7 SITE RECORD. UTM FOR STUD MINE IS N4396686, E296070.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicifcation, Argillization

Analytical data

Result NBMG SAMPLE NUMBERS 4150 AND 4134

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.38294, 39.69711
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faultzone At N40w, 45 Se At Norris Spring No. 7

Comments on the geologic information

  • NARROW QUARTZ STRINGERS WITH PYRITE AT STUD MINE. DRUZY AND CHALCEDONIC QUARTZ AT NORIS SPRING NO. 7.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Olinghouse

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW SHAFT AND ADIT ON NORRIS SPRING NO. 7. ADIT, N25W WITH LOCKED DOOR ON STUD MINE (1989).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHN, D.A., AND SHERLOCK, M.G., 1991, MAP SHOWING MINES AND PROSPECTS IN THE RENO 1 X 2 QUAD., NV AND CA, USGS MF 2154B, P. 9, SYMBOL J1.

  • Deposit

    STUD MINE AND NORRIS SPRING NO. 7 SITE RECORDS, 1989, OLINGHOUSE DISTRICT, WASHOE COUNTY, UNPUBL. MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY), NBMG.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN SYSTEM MAY EXTEND BETWEEN NORRIS SPRING NO. 7 AND STUD MINE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1992 Marcus, S. U.S. Geological Survey

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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