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Bloody Run Mine

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Tungsten, Molybdenum, Silver, Lead, Gold, Arsenic, Antimony
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008804
MRDS ID D001208
Record type Site
Current site name Bloody Run Mine
Alternate or previous names Bloody Run Prospect, NBMG Sample Site 2381, Ben Pasch Prospect, Pasch, Jupiter Group. Probably Same As Decker's Tungsten Prospect.
Related records 10197586

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.79014, 41.18211 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Relative position 15 MILES NORTH OF WINNEMUCCA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bloody Run Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Osgood Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Quinn(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 038N 037E 11 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE FIRST CANYON NORTH OF BLOODY RUN PEAK ON THE WEST SLOPE OF THE BLOODY RUN HILLS. POOR ROADS ARE EAST OF THE VALLEY.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2381 CONTAINED 10 % FE, 0.07 % MG, 0.2 % CA, 0.05 % TI, 100 PPM MN, 150 PPM AG, +10000 AS, 200 PPM B, 500 PPM BA, 1.5 PPM BE, 100 PPM CR, 500 PPM CU, 200 PPM MO, +20000 PPM PB, +10000 PPM SB, 5 PPM SC, 10 PPM SN, 150 PPM SR, 500 PPM V, 30 PPM ZR, AND 0.31 PPM AU, BY AA ANALYSIS.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name O'Neill Formation;O'Neill Formation
    Rock description O'Neill Formation;O'Neill Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.79014, 41.18211
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N-S - N30W
    Dip 35-40W
    Thickness 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Of Granite And Limestone

Comments on the geologic information

  • SCHEELITE OCCURS WITH MOLYBDENITE IN THE VEINS WHICH CUT GRANODIORITE ALONG AND NEAR CONTACT WITH LIMESTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1916
Discoverer Ben F. Pasch
Production years 1942-44

Mining district

District name Sherman District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ben Pasch
    First year 1940

Production statistics

  • Year 1944
    Period 1942-1944
    Accuracy Estimate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Wo3 Ore Tungsten Tungsten 7wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1985, THERE WERE 2 SHALLOW INCLINES AND MINOR PROSPECTS, WITH NO ROAD TO WORKINGS.

Comments on development

  • RELOCATED BY PASCH IN 1942, MINED FROM TWO INCLINES SUNK BY HAND ABOUT 30 FEET DEEP ON QUARTZ VEINS IN GRANODIORITE, ALONG AND NEAR THE CONTACT WITH LIMESTONE. 26 TONS OF ORE WERE SHIPPED TO THE METALS RESERVE CO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R. 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 59.

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, W.O., 1938, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 6995, P. 43

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 1985, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS: NBMG UNPUBLISHED (TINGLEY) FILES.

  • Deposit

    STAGER, H.K. AND TINGLEY, J.V., 1988, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 105, P. 92.

  • Deposit

    DECKER, D.J., 1974, MINERAL RESOURCE OWNERSHIP INVESTIGATION, NEVADA GARVEY RANCH, HUMBOLDT AND ELKO COUNTIES, NEVADA: NBMG UNPUBLISHED REPORT, FILE 141, ITEM 1.

  • Production

    STAGER AND TINGLEY (1988)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO UNPATENTED CLAIMS OWNED BY R. WINKLER IN 1937, AT WHICH TIME DEVELOPMENT CONSISTED OF A 30-FOOT INCLINED SHAFT, 2 ADITS, AND SEVERAL OPEN CUTS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Deposit MERGED WITH M232707 AND M030030, WHICH HAVE BEEN DELETED.
Deposit SCHEELITE IS IRREGULARLY DISTRIBUTED IN THE QUARTZ VEINS AND AVERAGE ABOUT 3 FEET WIDE. TUNGSTEN CONTENT IS .3 TO 13 % WO3.; MODEL NAME COULD ALSO BE: W SKARN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1974 Elliot, J.E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD
Updater 01-FEB-1978 Theodore, T.G. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-MAY-1987 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-JUL-1993 Humphries, S. E. (Marcus, S.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 09-JUN-1995 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

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