| Deposit ID | 10103997 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M232538 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Rockland Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Dolores-Rockland, Pittsburg-Dolores |
| Related records | 10198499 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -119.09514, 38.6463 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2591 |
| Relative position | 3 MI. S. OF PINE GROVE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Lyon(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Pine Grove Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Smith Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Walker(hydrologic unit)
Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)
Central Lahontan(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Lyon |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 09N | 026E | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Argentite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Stephanite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 85 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 22c |
| Deposit model name | Polymetallic veins |
| Mark3 model number | 46 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite |
| (1) | -119.09514, 38.6463 |
|---|
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | NW |
| Dip | 45-70NE |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1867 |
| Year of first production | 1870 |
| District name | Wilson District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M232538 |
MOORE, 1969, GEOLOGY & MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS, & ORMSBY COUNTIES, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 75
STODDARD & CARPENTER, 1950, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STOREY & LYON COUNTIES, NEVADA; NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 49
LINCOLN, 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA; NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO.
HILL, 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA & NORTHWESTERN NEVADA; USGS BULL. 594 USBM MINERALS YEARBOOK 1914, PART I.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DISCOVERED IN THE LATE 1860'S. IT PRODUCED 2,747 TONS OF ORE FROM 1870 TO 1879 WITH GROSS VALUE $74,503; 42,597 TONS FROM 1915 TO 1917 WITH GROSS VALUE $263,071; AND 443 TONS FROM 1933 TO 1934 WITH GROSS VALUE $43,037. DEVELOPED BY TUNNELS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: LATE 1860'S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-1981 | Royse, Sue E. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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