The Unnamed Manganese Mine is a manganese mine located in Churchill county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,899 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,899 Feet (1,798 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 39.20611, -117.81083
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Unnamed Manganese Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Manganese Mine
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: Eastgate District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Geology): POORLY-SORTED GRAVEL, IMPREGNATED WITH MANGANESE OXIDES, CAPPING MIOCENE DEPOSITS
Comment (Location): BESIDE THE ROAD BETWEEN BUFFALO CANYON ROAD AND THE WEATHER BUREAU REMOTE STATION (UNCERTAIN LOCATION) ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972); 1:24000 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1969 EDITION
Comment (Development): MOST OF THE DEPOSIT HAS BEEN MINED, BUT THERE IS NO RECORD OF PRODUCTION OR TO WHAT USE IT WAS PUT
Comment (Deposit): POORLY-SORTED GRAVEL, THOROUGHLY IM PREGNATED WITH MANGANESE OXIDES. THE GRAVEL FORMED A NEARLY HORIZONTAL CAP ON MIOCENE DEPOSITS.
References
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., AND R.C. SPEED, 1974, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG. BULL 83
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
