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Manganese Mining Co.

Past Producer in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodities Aluminum, Gold, Iron, Lead, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Silver, Zinc
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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. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10197973
MAS/MILS ID 0320330074
Record type Site
Current site name Manganese Mining Co.
Alternate or previous names Vietti, Vietti Mine,Essex Mine,Steptoe, Caviglia, Essex

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -114.76506, 39.18554 (WGS84)
Elevation 2170
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Comins Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ely(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

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 White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 015 N 064 E 10 SENENE Nevada

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Psilomelane Unknown
Pyrolusite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Wad Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -114.76506, 39.18554
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N40W
    Dip 60S
    Thickness 15M
    Length 610M
    Width 50M
    Depth to top 20M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #3 FISSURE VEIN
    Primary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Secondary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N40W:60S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 2
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Area 15HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 15
    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 1910
Year of first production 1917

Mining district

District name Nevada District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Caviglia, Caesar
    Interest 100
    Home office 659 Mill St. Ely, Nev.
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUMINES RI 5446

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR MIN BULL 85, 1976, P.59, PL.2.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 931M, 1942, PP.309-318.

  • Deposit

    USBM RPT OF INVEST.5023, 1954, PP.2-7.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USGS BULL. 931M ROBERTS USGS BULL.71OF NEV. BUMINES AND GEOL. BULL.85 DMEA EXAM REPORT IN BACKUP FILE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-NOV-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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