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Houghton - O' Boyle Mine

Occurrence in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Tungsten
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10095379
MRDS ID M035175
Record type Site
Current site name Houghton - O' Boyle Mine
Alternate or previous names Copper King Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.22956, 38.45214 (WGS84)
Elevation 2067
Relative position NW BLACK DYKE MTN., 3 MI. SW OF LUNING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Black Dyke Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007N 034E 19 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 1.7 MI. SW OF BLUE RIBBON MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Tungsten Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SCHEELITE SCATTERED AND LOCALLY UP TO 4 PERCENT WO3, IN CRYSTALS UP TO 1/2 INCH LONG

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.22956, 38.45214
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shafts Follow Silicified Zone Approx. 4 To 5 Ft. Thick

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Santa Fe

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO INCLINED SHAFTS, EACH ABOUT 80 FEET DEEP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSS, D. C., 1961 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 5

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ESTIMATE LOCATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1978 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey

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