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Coyote Mine

Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10100751
MRDS ID M242326
Record type Site
Current site name Coyote Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.72676, 37.76994 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin 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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002S 038E 15 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • "A FEW KILOMETERS NE OF THE NIVLOC MINE"; JUST NORTH OF COYOTE ROAD ABOUT 7 MILES WEST OF SILVER PEAK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillization, Silicification

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.72676, 37.76994
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Silver Peak Caldera

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip STEEP

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINE AND NINE OTHER SHAFTS AND ADITS ARE ON THE MARGIN OF CAMB./PALEOZOIC SEDIMENTS, LARGELY LIMESTONE-SILSTONE, AND MIO. VOLCANIC SEDIMENTS; WITH QUARTZ AND CALCITE VEINS MINED LOCALLY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Silver Peak District (1865), (Red Mountain District 1864)

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • STAKING, ROAD BUILDING & DRILLING (1982)

Comments on development

  • OLD SHAFTS, REMNANTS OF A MILL. ACTIVE EXPLORATION 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, W.J., 1977, U.S.G.S. BULL 1423

  • Deposit

    QUADE, J., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EPITHERMAL FISSURE VEINS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1981 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) 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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