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Berlin

Past Producer in Eureka county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper
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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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098607
MRDS ID M232248
Record type Site
Current site name Berlin
Alternate or previous names Roberts Mining Co.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.57425, 40.1913 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cortez(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Crescent Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 027N 048E 21 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR FALCONER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

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 > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Wenban Limestone
    Rock description Wenban Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.57425, 40.1913
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Roberts Mtn Thrust

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Intrusive Contact

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT AT CONTALT OF JURASSIC QUARTZ MONZONITE IN HUSIVE AND THE VENBAN LIMESTONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1910
Year of first production 1910

Mining district

District name Cortez District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT $40,000 WORTH OF AU AG, PB WITH SOME CU WAS PRODUCED PRIOR TO 1910

Comments on development

  • ABOUT $40,000 WORTH OF GOLD, SILVER, AND LEAD HAD BEEN PRODUCED BY 1910

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS R.J., ETAL (1967) RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IS EUREKA CO. USBM IC 7022

  • Deposit

    EMMONS, W.H. (1910) RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IS EUREKA, LANDER, & ELKO COS, USGS BULL 408

  • Production

    EMMONS, W.H. (1910)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FISSURE VEINS AT CONTACT OF INTRUSIVE WITH LIMESTONE
Deposit ABOUT $40,000 OF AU, AG, & PB WAS PRODUCED PRIOR TO 1910. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1980 Kirkham, Richard A. 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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