| Deposit ID | 10069308 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W002903 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | National Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | West Virginia and Charleston Claims, NBMG Sample Site 2643 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.57083, 41.83806 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1859 |
| Relative position | 60 MILES N. OF WINNEMUCCA, 8 MI. S. OF MC DERMITT |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Humboldt(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Buckskin Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Quinn River Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Quinn(hydrologic unit)
Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)
Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Humboldt |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 046N | 039E | 27 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Arsenic Critical | Secondary |
| Antimony Critical | Secondary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Arsenic | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Electrum | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Marcasite | Ore |
| Pyrargyrite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Stibnite | Ore |
| Clay | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | ORE SHIPPED IN 1911 AVG. $30,000/TON IN AU |
|---|---|
| Result | ELECTRUM CONTAINS ABOUT 50% AG, 50% AU. SOME ORE WAS ESTIMATED TO CONTAIN $90,000 TO $170,000. PER TON WHEN THE ORE WAS WORTH $45 TO $85/POUND. SAMPLE 2643 OF COCKSCOMB VEIN QUARTZ, BANDED, WITH 0.5 INCH BAND OF STIBNITE, SPECKS OF GALENA, PYRITE, SPHALERIT-E, MARCASITE, CONTAINS 3 % FE, 0.1 % MG, 0.15 % TI, 150 PPM MN-, 500 PPM AG, +10000 PPM AS, 50 PPM B, 300 PPM BA, 150 PPM CU,-5 PPM MO, 7 PPM NI, 1000 PPM PB, T10000 PPM SB, 15 PPM V, 1500- PPM ZN, 100 PPM ZR, AND 0.25 PPM AU (BY AA ANALYSIS). |
| Model code | 150 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 25c |
| Deposit model name | Epithermal vein, Comstock |
| Mark3 model number | 16 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite |
| (1) | -117.57083, 41.83806 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Faults-Some With Post-Ore Movement. |
| Type of structure | Regional |
| Structure description | N-S Fault Traverses Many Of The Claims |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N5-25W |
| Dip | 55-60W |
| Thickness | 76.2M |
| Length | 243.84M |
| Width | 91.44M |
| Depth to top | 12.19M |
| Depth to bottom | 176.78M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1907 |
| Discoverer | J.L. Workman |
| Year of first production | 1908 |
| District name | National District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Whelchel Mines Co. Mined Dumps. |
| First year | 1963 |
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | National Mines Co. |
| First year | 1917 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Area | 9HA |
| Length | 304.8M |
| Overall depth | 76.2M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W002903 |
LINDGREN, W. 1915, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE NATIONAL MINING DISTRICT, NEV; U.S.G.S. BULL 601
WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT CO., NEV: NEV. CO., NEV: BUREAU OF MINES BULL 59
CUTLER, H.C., 1910, NATIONAL, NEVADA; MIN. & SEC. PRESS; VOL
STOWE, A.W., 19--?, SOME FACTS AND FIGURES CONCERNING NATIONAL, THE CAMP WITH THE MINES HAVING THE RICHEST GOLD ORE ON EARTH; UNPUB. REPORT ON FILE AT N.B.M.G.
WINCHELL, A.N., 1912, GEOLOGY OF THE NATIONAL MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA; MIN. & SCI PRESS.
WHELCHEL MINES NEWS, AUG-SEPT, 1963, VOL 1, NO 1, CALDWELL I., MC DERMITT, NEV.
VANDERBURG, W.O., 1938, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN HUMBOLDT, CO, NEV.; U.S.B.M. INF. CIRC. 6995.
LINCOLN, F. C., 1923, NEVADA MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES; STANLEY PAHER, NEVADA PUBLICATIONS, LAS VEGA-S, NEVADA.
WEED, W. H., ED., 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL XV, P. 1263.
TINGLEY, J. V., 27 SEP.84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.F11) NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.F12) USBM MINERALS YEARBOOK FOR 1908, PT 1, P. 490.F13) USBM MINERALS YEARBOOK FOR 1909, PT 1, P. 412.
1911 OTHER NATIONAL MINER, AUG, 1911 SUMMARY
1915 RECON LINGREN
KOSCHMAN AND BERGENDAHL, 1968, P. 181 (REF 2)
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 1975-04-01 | Smith, Martha R. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 1986-02-01 | La Pointe, D.D. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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