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Ramsey

Occurrence in Lyon county in Nevada, United States with commodities 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. Mineral occurrence model 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. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095696
MRDS ID M231183
Record type Site
Current site name Ramsey

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.38266, 39.46518 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Relative position ABOUT 1 MI NORTHEAST OF RAMSEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lyon(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Martin Canyon(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lyon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 019N 023E 34 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.38266, 39.46518
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ramsey District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • REPORTED TO HAVE LARGE LOW-GRADE DEPOSIT WITH OCCASIONAL POCKETS OF HIGH GRADE. MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN SILICIFIED RHYOLITE AND ANDESITE ALONG FRACTURE ZONES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STODDARD, CARL, AND CARPENTER, J.A., MINERAL RESOURCES OF STOREY AND LYON COUNTIES, NEVADA, (1950) NBMG BULL. 49

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1980 Flynn, Patricia Dodd Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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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