Bidwell Mine

Occurrence in Carson City county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10092968
MRDS ID N000315
Record type Site
Current site name Bidwell Mine
Alternate or previous names NBMG # 3664

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.63128, 39.14212 (WGS84)
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Carson City

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
15N 21E 28 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.63128, 39.14212

Ore body information

  • Strike N 80 DEGREES E
    Dip 55 DEGREES NW

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE VEINS WERE REPORTED TO HAVE ALSO CARRIED VALUES IN GOLD AND SILVER.

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Delaware

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO RATHER CLOSELY SPACED (100 FEET) SHAFTS. FROM THE SIZE OF THE DUMPS BOTH COULD EXCEED SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF WORKINGS. THE SOUTHERN-MOST SHAFT WAS SUNK ON A SIX FOOT FISSURE VEIN.

Comments on development

  • UNKNOWN ; ECON.COM: NONE RECORDED BUT IT LOOKS TO HAVE SHIPPED SOME ORE

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS N000315

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TELLURIDE CLAIMS, DELAWARE MINING DISTRICT,CARSON CITY COUNTY, QUADE SITE VISIT 5 -12-89,NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES).

  • Deposit

    MOORE,J.G., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS, AND ORMSBY COUNTIES OF NEVADA,NBMG BULL.#75, 1969.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF VEIN MATERIAL IS SCATTERED ON A LOADING AREA. MOORE,P. PG 31, REPORTED THE HOST ROCKS AS ANDESITE BUT NONE WAS OBSERVED AROUND THE WORKINGS OR THE DUMPS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1989 Quade, Jack (Doebrich, Jeff) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-AUG-1991 Marcus, S. (Doebrich, J.) U.S. Geological Survey