Bray-Beulah Mine

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Antimony, Silver
Sections on this page
  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 10222545
MAS/MILS ID 0320150192
Record type Site
Current site name Bray-Beulah Mine
Alternate or previous names Beulah, Genesee, Aberasturi Mine, Wang Deposit, Bray Mine, Hi Line Claim, Gallagher Mine 0re, Hard Luck - Pradier Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.12423, 39.30382 (WGS84)
Elevation 2536
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

North Toiyabe Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Reese(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 017 N 043 E 27 NWSESE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Graphite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Stibnite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.12423, 39.30382

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30W
    Dip 45S
    Thickness 1M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Strike And Dip N30W:45S
    Date of Last Modification 850814

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1864
Year of first production 1891

Mining district

District name Big Creek District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mary J. Bray (Beulah Claim)
    Year 1963
  • Type Owner
    Owner James O. Holmes (Genesee Claim)
    Year 1963

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO PUBLISHED RESERVE RESOURCE INFORMATION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LAWRENCE, E. F. ANTIMONY DEPOSITS IN NEVADA. NEVADA BUREAU

  • Deposit

    OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 61, 1963, 2P. 103-108,

  • Deposit

    PLATE 1.

  • Deposit

    STEWART, J. H., E. H. MCKEE, AND H. K. STAGER. GEOLOGY AND

  • Deposit

    MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA. NEVADA BUREAU

  • Deposit

    OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 88, 1977, P. 71-72.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 7043.

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 594, 1915,

  • Deposit

    P. 122-123.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 9035, P. 88 AND 120.

  • Deposit

    KUEHN, CARL A., 1984, GEOLOGY AND EXPLORATION GEOCHEMISTRY

  • Deposit

    OF THE BIG CREEK AND KINGSTON CANYON AREAS, TOIYABE

  • Deposit

    RANGE, LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA, MASTERS, PENNSYLVANIA SU.

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED REPORT, AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT

  • Deposit

    PART OF THE TOIYABE RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERD AS

  • Deposit

    TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROPERTY REPORTEDLY 3RD LARGEST SB PRODUCER IN NEVADA. ANOMALOUS SELENIUM THE HARD LUCK - PARDIER MINE IS LOCATED 1,000 FT NORTH OF BRAY-BEULAH MINE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-MAY-95 Lipton, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.