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Auto Hill Prospects

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Antimony, Copper, Bismuth, Mercury
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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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040599
MRDS ID M055432
Record type Site
Current site name Auto Hill Prospects
Alternate or previous names Walker Lease
Related records 10246899

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.58626, 41.83516 (WGS84)
Elevation 1996
Relative position 60 MILES N. OF WINNEMUCCA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buckskin Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Quinn River Valley(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)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 046N 039E 28 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN GULCH BETWEEN AUTO AND ROUND HILLS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary
Mercury Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Antimony Ore
Bismuth Ore
Cinnabar Ore
Marcasite Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Analytical data

Result UP TO 2500 OZ/TON AG
Result 3 OZ/TON AU

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.58626, 41.83516
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Several Faults Off Set The Dike

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 8 E
    Dip 70 W
    Thickness 0.13M
    Width 15.24M

Comments on the geologic information

  • BANDED VEINS 4-5 INCHES WIDE: STIBNITE AS SMALL NEEDLES IN QUARTZ VUGS LINED WITH MARCASITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1908

Mining district

District name National District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Walker ?
    First year 1915
  • Type Owner
    Owner R. A. Whelchel

Production statistics

  • Year 1915
    Period To 1915
    Material ORE AG AU
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^2500 Oz/Ton Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Silver Silver 70590g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • LESS THAN 5 TONS RICH ORE (2500 OZ/TON AG; 3 OZ/TON AU) TO 1915.

Comments on development

  • NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1984

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., 1915, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE NATIONAL MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. BULL. 601

  • Deposit

    LAWRENCE, E. F., 1963, NBMG BULL 61, P.74.

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E. H., RYTUBA, J. J. , AND JONES, R. B., 1984, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON HG DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J. V., 29 SEP 84, FIELD EXAMINATION OF DISTRICT.

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3

  • Production

    LINDGREN, W., 1915

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BANDED VEINS 4-5 INCHES WIDE IN 50-FT WIDE MINERALIZED RHYOLITE DIKE. CINNABAR WAS ALSO REPORTED TO OCCUR IN A CLAY GOUGE ASSOCIATED WITH THE VEINS ON THE 30- AND 60-FT LEVELS OF SHA-FT
Deposit A 50-FT-WIDE RHYOLITE DIKE CAN BE TRACED FROM THE OLD TOWNSITE OF NATIONAL NORTH UP THE GULCH BETWEEN ROUND HILL AND AUTO HILL, AND IT SHOWS SOME MINERALIZATION. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1975 Gassaway, Judith S. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-FEB-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) U.S. Geological Survey

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