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Shale Pit Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Arsenic, Antimony, 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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10310495
MRDS ID M231742
Record type Site
Current site name Shale Pit Mine
Alternate or previous names Gold Shale Claim, Slate Creek Deposit, Steigmeyer Property
Related records 10247132

Comments on the site identification

  • This record is an updated version of MRDS record # M231742 for the Steigmeyer Property including all information from it plus additional information.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.08342, 38.67743 (WGS84)
Elevation 1970
Relative position The mine is located two miles SSW of Round Mountain Gold Mine main pit area.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Round Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 010N 044E 31 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • The mine is located two miles SSW of Round Mountain Gold Mine main pit area.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Ore Materials: native gold, auriferous pyrite
  • Gangue Materials: pyrite, white calcite

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Calcite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Alteration consists of bleaching and argillization of tuffs.

Analytical data

Result Ore valued at $1.50 per ton

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 173
USGS model code 26a.1
Deposit model name Sediment-hosted Au
Mark3 model number 17

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock type qualifier dark gray to black
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone > Claystone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Zanzibar Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Ordovician
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Welded Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.08342, 38.67743
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Attitudes of axial planes of folds in the thrust plate trend N 80E, 70SE.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Gold ore occurs along the sole of a thin thrust plate.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes
Year of first production 1950
Year of last production 1971

Mining district

District name Round Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Tonopah BLM-and USFS-Administrative Districts
Ownership category BLM Administrative Area
Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Round Mountain Gold Corp.
    Year 2004
  • Type Operator
    Owner Cache Creek Exploration Co.
    First year 1968
  • Type Lessee
    Owner Western Metals Producers Corp. (Renounder Lease)
    Home office Reno, Nv
    First year 1971
  • Type Owner
    Owner Stevens, Theodore E.
    First year 1965

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings consist of a pit.

Comments on development

  • J. M. Ferry, a contractor, began excavating gold and silver ore from the Shale Pit in 1950. The owner in 1965 was Theodore E. Stevens. Owner in 1968 was Cache Creek Exploration Co., of Reno. In 1971, the property was under lease to Western Metals Producers Corporation of Reno.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Shawe, D. R, 1977, Mineral Resource Potential of the Round Mountain Quadrangle, USGS Map MF-834.

  • Deposit

    Kleinhampl, F.J. and Ziony, J.I., Geology and Mineral Deposits of Northern Nye Co.: Nev. Bur. of Mines and Geology, Bulletin.

  • Deposit

    Foster, R. L. 1971, Gold Deposits at Slate Creek, Northern Nye County,Nevada: Econ. Geol.,vol. 66, p. 965-966

  • Deposit

    Shawe, D.R., and Hoffman, J. D., 2003, Maps showing the distribution and abundance of gold, silver, mercury, arsenic, and antimony in rock samples from part of the southern Toquima Range and adjacent areas, Nye Couty, Nevada; USGS Map MF 2327-C.

  • Deposit

    Bonham, 1986, 1989, 1991

  • Deposit

    Davis and Tingley, 1999

  • Deposit

    Tingley and Quade, 1986

  • Deposit

    United States Bureau of Land Management, 1978k, 1999a

  • Deposit

    United States Bureau of Mines, 1995

  • Deposit

    United States Geological Survey, 1971h

  • Deposit

    Tingley, 1998

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1981 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Reporter 01-DEC-2005 LaPointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Editor 01-SEP-2007 Schruben, Paul G. U.S. Geological Survey Converted from S&A FileMaker format to Oracle. Edit checks on rocks, units, and ages with Geolex search, and other fields.

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