| Deposit ID | 10037036 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M030093 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Stank and Forge Lease |
| Alternate or previous names | NBMG Sample Site 2658 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.15098, 40.69989 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1631 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pershing(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Imlay(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Eugene Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower Humboldt(hydrologic unit)
Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)
Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)
Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Pershing |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 034N | 034E | 34 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Tungsten Critical | Primary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Molybdenite | Ore |
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | SAMPLE 2658, A DUMP SAMPLE OF SCHEELITE-BEARING SKARN CONTAINS 3% FE, 0.5 % MG, 5% CA, 0.1 % TI, 2000 PPM MN, 20 P-PM AG, 1.5 PPM BE, 150 PPM BI, 20 PPM CO, 10 PPM CR, 500 PPM C-U, 30 PPM LA, 150 PPM MO, 5 PPM NI, 150 PPM PB, 5 PPM SC, 300 -PPM SR, 100 PPM V, 200 PPM W, 10 PPM Y, 50 PPM ZR. |
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| Model code | 42 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 14a |
| Deposit model name | W skarn |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| (1) | -118.15098, 40.69989 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Stank-Fault |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Pre-Mineral And Post-Mineral Faults |
| Thickness | 2.29M |
|---|---|
| Length | 609.6M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1914 |
| Discoverer | Emil Stank |
| District name | Mill City District |
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| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Year | 1919 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1917-1919 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | ORE W | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^3.10 % W03 | ||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 365.76M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M030093 |
LEMMON, D.M., 1977, IN GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING CO., NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89
KERR, 1934, GEOLOGY OF THE TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS NEAR MILL CITY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 21
KERR, 1946, TUNGSTEN MINERALIZATION IN THE UNITED STATES: GSA MEMOIR 15
SCHILLING, 1962, MOLYBDENUM OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA: NBMG REPORT 2
STAGER, H. K., IN PREP, NBMG BULL ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.
TINGLEY, J. V., 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.
STAGER, IN PREP
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE STANK MINE IS OPEN TO A VERTICAL DEPTH OF ABOUT 1,200 FT. THROUGH AN INCLINED SHAFT TO 700 LEVEL, A WINZE FROM THE 700 TO 1200 LEVEL. IN 1944-45 COROSSCUTS WERE EXTENDED WEST TO THE YELLOW SCHEELITE BED ON THE 300 AND 400 LEVELS. THE STANK MINE IS ON STANK-HUMBOLDT BELT ALONG WITH THE CODD, YELLOW SCHEELITE, KEYES, GEORGE, SPRINGER, AND HUMBOLDT MINES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV |
| Deposit | IN LOWER LEVELS OF STANK MINE THE PRE-MINERAL FAULT PLANE APPEARS TO HAVE ROTATED BY THE POST-MINERAL FAULT SYSTEM.THE STANK SEGMENT OF THE HUMBOLDT BED IS TRACEABLE BY SURFACE OUTCROPS FROM THE WESTERN MARGIN OF THE SPRINGER STO-CK, AT THE FOOT OF STANK HILL, THROUGH THE SADDLE WEST OF STAN-K HILL, ACROSS STANK CANYON AND UPSLOPE TO THE SOUTH, WHERE IT-IS CUT AND OFFSET BY THE STANK FAULT SOUTH OF THE CODD MINE WO-RKINGS. STANK FAULT DIPS SW, AND THE SOUTHERN EXTENSION OF THE- TACTITE BED THEREFORE MOVES TO THE SOUTH WITH DEPTH IN THE MI-NE. TO THE NORTH, THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF THE BED IS FORMED B-Y THE CONTACT WITH THE SPRINGER STOCK. THIS CONTACT ALSO DIPS -TO THE SOUTH GIVING THE STANK TACTITE BODY THE SHAPE OF A PAR-ALLELOGRAM THAT RAKES TO THE SOUTH. ALTHOUGH PARTS OF THE OREB-ODY WERE OF VERY GOOD GRADE, LARGE BLOCKS OF LOW-GRADE, UNALTE-RED LIMESTONE AND MARBLE OCCUR WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE OREBOD-Y. UNDERGROUND, THE OREBODY IS CUT BY 2 MAJOR GRANODIORITE DIK-ES, AND AN |
| Deposit | ANDESITE DIKE, AS WELL AS BOTH PRE-MINERAL AND POST--MINERAL FAULTS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-1978 | Theodore, Ted G. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-AUG-1985 | La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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