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Occurrence in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodity Silver
Sections on this page
  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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095732
MRDS ID M234114
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.55284, 40.28881 (WGS84)
Relative position CORRAL CREEK AREA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Harrison Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ruby Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elko(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 028W 057E 21 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.55284, 40.28881

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Intrusive-Dikes

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1925

Mining district

District name Corral Creek

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on development

  • EARLY IN 1925, JOE AND LOA LANG DISCOVERED LEAD-ZINC ORE AND LOCATED 5 CLAIMS ORE WAS REPORTED TO CARRY 60% PB AND A FEW OZ/TON AG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IN EARLY 1925 NEW DISCOVERIES OF LEAD-SILVER ORE WERE MADE BY JOE & LOA LANG (3 CLAIMS); BEN LES 60 & VIC PARIS (3 CLAIMS), AND OSCAR STREETER (2 CLAIMS). THE ORE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE 60 % LEAD, AND A FEW OUNCES OF SILVER PER TON. NEARBY AS THE PAT HARRINGTON GROUP OF CLAIMS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Tingley I. C. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.