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Nightingale Mine

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Bismuth, Copper, Gold, Lead, Molybdenum, Tungsten
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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 10295467
MRDS ID M030098
MAS/MILS ID 0320270082
Record type Site
Current site name Nightingale Mine
Alternate or previous names Nightingale

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -119.2271, 40.00909 (WGS84)
Elevation 1800
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sage Hen Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kumiva Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Granite Springs Valley(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 025 N 024 E 25 S2SENE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bismuth Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Apatite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Sphene Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -119.2271, 40.00909
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N03W
    Dip 89E
    Thickness 3M
    Length 580M
    Width 18M
    Area 28HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Secondary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONATE SILIC
    Strike And Dip N03W:89E
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 28
    Date of Last Modification 820223

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1917

Mining district

District name Nightingale

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Wolfram Co.
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1972

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NV BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 89, 1977, P. 75-76, PL. 2A.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 936-B, 1942, P. 48-52,

  • Deposit

    PLS. 2-5.

  • Deposit

    NV BUREAU OF MINES REPORT 2, 1962B, P. 38.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES I.C. 6902, 1936, P. 23-24.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES R.I. 4678, 1950, P. 1-8.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 725-D, 1922, P. 282-285.

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS, NV INDUSTRIAL MINERALS REPORT, 1973, P. 38.

  • Deposit

    MILLER, USBM MLA REPORT IN PROGRESS, 1994.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-JUL-94 Robinson 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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