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Downeyville Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Gold, Silver, Molybdenum
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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 10103952
MRDS ID M231594
Record type Site
Current site name Downeyville Mine
Alternate or previous names 1878: Lookout Claim, Alexander Claim, Lizzie Downey Claim, Great Western Claim, Domingo Claim. 1904: Renamed Respectively To Index Claim, Cave Claim, Discovery Claim, Horn Silver Claim, Town Claim.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.9015, 38.91242 (WGS84)
Elevation 1478
Relative position 2.8 MILES NE OF GABBS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Downeyville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gabbs Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012N 036E 11 SW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Molybdenum Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Marmatite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Wulfenite Ore

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE ASSAYS FROM THE LIZZIE DOWNEY CLAIM CONTAIN $141.45 PER TON SILVER AND 96% LEAD.

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 Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Luning Formation
    Rock description Luning Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.9015, 38.91242
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PIPES, CHIMNEYS
    Width 1.83M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 115.82M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Areas Of Cross Fracturing In Limestone.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gabbs District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Nevada Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 380 FT SHAFT, NUMEROUS SHALLOW SHAFTS, "GRASS ROOT" STOPES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 108-109.

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.

  • Production

    KRAL, 1951, P. 109

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

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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