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Bidwell Mine

Occurrence in Carson City county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver
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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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10092968
MRDS ID N000315
Record type Site
Current site name Bidwell Mine
Alternate or previous names NBMG # 3664

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.63128, 39.14212 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carson City(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

New Empire(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Carson(hydrologic unit)

Carson(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 Carson City

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
15N 21E 28 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.63128, 39.14212
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 80 DEGREES E
    Dip 55 DEGREES NW

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE VEINS WERE REPORTED TO HAVE ALSO CARRIED VALUES IN GOLD AND SILVER.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Delaware

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO RATHER CLOSELY SPACED (100 FEET) SHAFTS. FROM THE SIZE OF THE DUMPS BOTH COULD EXCEED SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF WORKINGS. THE SOUTHERN-MOST SHAFT WAS SUNK ON A SIX FOOT FISSURE VEIN.

Comments on development

  • UNKNOWN ; ECON.COM: NONE RECORDED BUT IT LOOKS TO HAVE SHIPPED SOME ORE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TELLURIDE CLAIMS, DELAWARE MINING DISTRICT,CARSON CITY COUNTY, QUADE SITE VISIT 5 -12-89,NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES).

  • Deposit

    MOORE,J.G., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS, AND ORMSBY COUNTIES OF NEVADA,NBMG BULL.#75, 1969.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF VEIN MATERIAL IS SCATTERED ON A LOADING AREA. MOORE,P. PG 31, REPORTED THE HOST ROCKS AS ANDESITE BUT NONE WAS OBSERVED AROUND THE WORKINGS OR THE DUMPS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1989 Quade, Jack (Doebrich, Jeff) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-AUG-1991 Marcus, S. (Doebrich, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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