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Nevada Superior

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, 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 10296023
MRDS ID M060268
MAS/MILS ID 0320270450
Record type Site
Current site name Nevada Superior
Alternate or previous names Superior
Related records 10042464, 10125473

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.55039, 40.69269 (WGS84)
Elevation 2032
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

Scossa(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eugene Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Quinn(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 033 N 030 E 25 SWNWSE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Lead Primary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerussite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Smithsonite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -118.55039, 40.69269
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N50W
    Dip 80E
    Thickness 5M
    Length 1600M
    Width 46M
    Depth to top 70M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N50W:80E
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1885
Year of first production 1905

Mining district

District name Antelope

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Rogers, Gus
    ID 2601460

Comments on the production information

  • THE LAST YEAR OF PRODUCTION WAS SOMETIME BETWEEN 1935-1942.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • COLUMN ONE REFERS TO OXIDIZED ORE, COLUMN TWO TO SULFIDE ORE WHICH OCCURS AT DEPTH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, N. NEVADA AND NW UTAH, SUMMARY OF

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF 1955-1961, SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964

  • Deposit

    V. 1, PP. 16, 27

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING CO.,

  • Deposit

    NEV., NEV. BUMINES BULL. 89, PP 44-48, 1977

  • Deposit

    WAR MINERALS REPORT, SUPERIOR MINE, PERSHING CO., NEV.,

  • Deposit

    APRIL 1943

  • Deposit

    MILLER, M.S., 1993, EMIGRANT TRAIL STUDY AREA, U.S. BUREAU

  • Deposit

    OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 7-93, P. 95.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MINERALIZED ZONE EXTENDS LATERALLY ALMOST 2 MILES TO THE ANTELOPE MINE. THE AMOUNT OF MINERALIZATION BETWEEN THE SUPERIOR AND ANTELOPE MINES IS UNKNOWN. BOTH MINES APPEAR TO BE ALONG THE SAME VEIN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-JUL-94 Miller U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 08/22/1978
MSHA mine ID2601460
Mine name (MSHA)Superior Mine
Current operatorSuperior Mines Inc
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

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