Divide District

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001103
MRDS ID MP90055
Record type District
Current site name Divide District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.24091, 37.98994 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mud Lake NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Esmeralda

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) SILICIFICATION

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.24091, 37.98994

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault/fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1901
Year of first production 1901

Mining district

District name DIVIDE DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H.F., AND GARSIDE, L.J., 1974, TONOPAH MINING DISTRICT AND VICINITY: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY REPORT 19, P. 42-48.

  • Deposit

    HEWETT, D.F., CALLAGHAN, EUGENE, MOORE, B.N., NOLAN, T.B., RUBEY, W.W., AND SCHALLER, W.T., 1936, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE REGION AROUND BOULDER DAM: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 871, 197 P.

  • Deposit

    THE NEVADA MINERAL INDUSTRY, NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, SPEDIAL PUBLICATION, MI SERIES, 1991

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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