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Columbia Mine

Past Producer in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Antimony
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104099
MRDS ID M241813
Record type Site
Current site name Columbia Mine
Alternate or previous names One of the Ruby Hill Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.63503, 39.6666 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mattier Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kern Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Spring-Steptoe Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 021N 065E 28 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Antimony Critical Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.63503, 39.6666
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 1.83M
    Length 6.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Aurum District (Ruby Hill Subdistrict)

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • SURFACE CUT IN 1871

Comments on development

  • 20 TONS OF ORE WERE ON THE DUMP IN 1871, MOST OF IT VERY RICH IN SILVER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAYMOND, R.W., 1871, USBM MINES YEARBOOK, P. 202

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DOLOMITE IS ON E SIDE OF THE VEIN FORMING ITS FOOTWALL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1983 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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