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Tenabo Mine

Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106938
MRDS ID M242954
Record type Site
Current site name Tenabo Mine
Alternate or previous names Robertson Mine
Related records 10310462

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.69482, 40.31185 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676
Relative position ABOUT 9 MILES SSW OF CRESCENT VALLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tenabo(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 Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 028N 047E 08,09 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT A MILE NORTH OF TRIPLET GULCH PROJECT . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CINNABAR VALUES ARE OFTEN IN IRON OXIDE CEMENT OR BOTRYOIDAL COATING

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.69482, 40.31185
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bullion District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Coral Resources
  • Type Owner
    Owner Coral Resources
    First year 1988

Comments on the production information

  • SIGNIFICANT PRODUCTION ONLY FROM EL RANCHITO AND LA CARROZA. EL RANCHITO: 15-20 FL/MO FROM 45 TONS OF ORE. TENOR CLAIMED IS 3%; 1-1.5% MORE LIKELY. LA CARROZA: 6-7 KG/WK HG.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1988
    Total resources 2267000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 1.411 g/mt Gold Major 1988

Comments on the workings information

  • EL CABALLO SB PROSPECT: 6 MI NE OF SAN ANGEL, 15 M LONG IN SILICIFIED BRECCIA, N75W; EL RANCHITO: 7 MI NE OF SAN ANGEL, 25-30 M DEEP MINE. LA CABECERA: 1 1/2 MI N 75 W OF EL RANCHITO CONSISTING OF A FEW SMALL OPENINGS IN FRACTURED RHYOLITE. FLORES MINE: 1 MI NE OF LA CABECERA, ON SW SIDE OF SMALL HILL, A CINNABAR IMPREGNATED FRACTURE ZONE IN RHYOLITE. LA CARROZA MINE: 5 1/2 MI N OF FLORES, CONSISTS OF 2 SMALL SHAFTS, 4 AND 6 M DEEP, ALSO UNPROSPECTED INTERESTING FRACTURE ZONES. LA PERSERVENANCIA: 6 MI NE OF LA CARROZA.
  • OPEN PIT AND HEAP LEACH OPERATION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CORAL RESOURCES, INC., 1988, PLAN OF OPERATIONS FOR THE PROPOSED TRIPLET GULCH PROJECT, LANDER CO., NEVADA: ON FILE AT NBMG.

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H.F., 1988, IN NBMG MI-1987.

  • Deposit

    PRESS CLIPPINGS, NBMG MINING DISTRICT FILE 151.

  • Deposit

    NBMG, 1994, MI-1993

  • Production

    NBMG MI-1993

  • Reserve-Resource

    BONHAM, 1988 NBMG MI-1993

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THREE DEPOSIT TYPES: 1) SB IN FRACTURE ZONE WITH TRACE OF CINNABAR; 2) CINNABAR IN SILICIFIED SHEAR ZONE; 3) CINNABAR IN FRACTURED RHYOLITE. THE MAIN DEPOSIT, EL RANCHITO, IS IN A N 75 E TRENDING SILICIFIED SHEAR ZONE. 57 CLAIMS TOTALING 1,163 HECTARES IN DISTRICT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1988 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Moyer, Lorre A.) U.S. Geological Survey

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