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Darkey Property

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Iron, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silver
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10124892
MAS/MILS ID 0320070037
Record type Site
Current site name Darkey Property
Alternate or previous names Johnson Property

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -114.33557, 40.67072 (WGS84)
Elevation 1692

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Morgan Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wendover(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elko(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

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 Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 032 N 068 E 06 N2 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Unknown
Pyrolusite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -114.33557, 40.67072
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N10E
    Dip 50W
    Thickness 3M
    Length 100M
    Width 50M
    Depth to top 20M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #3 STOCKWORK
    Shape of Orebody #3 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Secondary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N10E:50W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 10
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Area 8HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 8
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1916
Year of first production 1916

Mining district

District name Leroy

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner M. W. Johnson
    Interest 100
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1942

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES BULL. 54, 1957, P.42.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUMINES R.I. 5446 P. 4

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-NOV-1984 Mcmahan U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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