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Bismark Mine

Occurrence in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodity Aluminum
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095382
MRDS ID M035657
Record type Site
Current site name Bismark Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.39873, 38.56825 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position APPROX. 12 MI. NE OF HAWTHORNE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kinkaid(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walker Lake(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 009N 032E 29 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ESTIMATE LOCATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Andalusite Ore
Corundum Ore
Diaspore Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.39873, 38.56825
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form ELONGATE MASS
    Strike N 30 E
    Dip 80 E
    Length 45.72M
    Width 6.1M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ALUMINOUS MINERALS ARE CONTAINED WITHIN A MATRIX OF GREENISH TO WHITE SERICITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hawthorne

Comments on the workings information

  • 5 DIAMOND DRILL HOLES WERE SUNK IN 1952 AS PART OF A DMEA PROJECT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARCHBOLD, N. L., 1966 , INDUSTRIAL MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL CO., NEV., NEV BUREAU OF MINES, REPORT 14

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) 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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