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April Fool Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098594
MRDS ID M231676
Record type Site
Current site name April Fool Mine
Alternate or previous names April Fool and Tip-Top Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.06842, 38.53771 (WGS84)
Elevation 2188
Relative position JUST EAST OF MANHATTAN TOWN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Manhattan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky Valley(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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008N 044E 20 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue
Fluorite Unknown

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 Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name White Caps Limestone
    Rock description White Caps Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.06842, 38.53771
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 25-35 E
    Dip 90
    Length 12.19M
    Width 0.08M
    Depth to bottom 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along Fissures. Or Small Faults That Offset The Limestone A Few Feet. Mineralization Also Extended Out Along Bedding Short Distances From Fissures.

Comments on the geologic information

  • RICH ORE WAS VERY SHALLOW IN 1-5 TON POCKETS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1905
Discoverer John C. Humphrey

Mining district

District name Manhattan District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Seyler-Humphrey Mining Co.
    First year 1924

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED BETWEEN 1906-1915. AMOUNT UNKNOWN MINE WAS PRODUCING 2 TONS PER DAY OF $60/TON ORE IN 1959.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 100 FT ADIT WITH 400 FT OF DRIFTS, SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS, AND SHALLOW ADITS. 3 TUNNELS ON WEST SIDE OF HILL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 125

  • Deposit

    FERGUSON, H.G., 1924, GEOL. & ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MANHATTAN DISTRICT: USGS BULL 723, P. 154-156.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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