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Southpaw Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Aluminum, Iron, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, 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. Reserves and resources
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10125653
MRDS ID M060509
MAS/MILS ID 0320170026
Record type Site
Current site name Southpaw Mine
Alternate or previous names Steward-Bush Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -115.38806, 37.67436 (WGS84)
Elevation 2243
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Irish(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Timpahute Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sand Spring-Tikaboo 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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003 S 059 E 20 Nevada

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Chert Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Montmorillonite Unknown
Pyrolusite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -115.38806, 37.67436
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E00W
    Dip 22N
    Thickness 5M
    Length 100M
    Width 10M
    Depth to top 5M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 INTERM ARGILLIC
    Strike And Dip E00W:22N
    Minimum Depth to Top 1
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 2
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Area 5HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 5
    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 1868
Year of first production 1950

Mining district

District name Pahranagat

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Tuttle, Ora
    Interest 50
    Home office 2013 Franklin, Las Vegas, Nv 89104
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner
    Owner Hone, Don
    Interest 50
    Home office Box 436, Pioche, Nv 89043
    Year 1976

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 0
    Indicated 200mt ore
    Demonstrated 200mt ore
    Inferred 5200mt ore
    Total resources 8199mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Manganese Mn 35 wt-pct Manganese Trace 0
    Silver Ag 47 g/mt Silver Trace 0
    Silica SiO2 9.9 wt-pct Silica Trace 0
    Aluminum Al2O3 0.28 wt-pct Aluminum Trace 0
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P 0.44 wt-pct Phosphorus Trace 0
    Iron Fe 0.79 wt-pct Iron Trace 0

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES RI 5446, 1959, P. 32-33.

  • Deposit

    NV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 73, 1970, TABLE 19, P. 155

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 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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