Peterson Pit

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Sulfur, Mercury

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Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Public Land Survey System information
Commodities
Materials information
Alteration
Mineral occurrence model information
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Ore body information
Controls for ore emplacement
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Land status
Ownership information
Workings at the site
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10040610
MRDS ID	M055446
Record type	Site
Current site name	Peterson Pit
Alternate or previous names	NBMG Sample Sites 2710, 2711, 2712
Related records	10040524, 10040525, 10208087, 10040609

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-118.66432, 40.86044 (WGS84)
Elevation	1433
Relative position	2 MILES SE OF SULPHUR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sulphur(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eugene Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Quinn(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(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)

Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	Nevada	Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian	Township	Range	Section	Fraction	State
Mount Diablo	035N	029E	25,36		Nevada

Comments on the location information

ACCESSIBLE BY GOOD ROAD . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1984)

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Sulfur	Primary
Mercury	Tertiary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Cinnabar	Ore
Sulfur	Ore
Cristobalite	Gangue
Opal	Gangue
Quartz	Gangue

Alteration

(Local) Strong Hydrothermal Alteration

Analytical data

Result	SAMPLE 2710 OF SULFUR-BEARING ROCK CONTAINS 0.1 % FE, 0.02 % MG, 1.5 % CA, 0.15 % TI, 30 PPM B, 500 PPM BA, 1.5 PP-M BE, 7 PPM CU, 70 PPM LA, 5 PPM NI, 10 PPM PB, 500 PPM SR, 20- PPM V, 15 PPM Y, 150 PPM ZR. SAMPLE 2711 OF OPALIZED ROCK CON-TAINS 0.1 % FE, 0.03 % MG, 0.05 % CA, 0.03 % TI, 150 PPM AG, 2-0 PPM B, 2000 PPM BA, 2 PPM BE, 10 PPM CR, 5 PPM NI, 30 PPM Y,- 200 PPM ZR. SAMPLE 2712 OF ALTERED AND BRECCIATED ROCK CONTAI-NS 0.1 % FE, 0.05 % MG, 0.07 % CA, 0.2 % TI, 10 PPM MN, 3 PPM

Result

SAMPLE 2710 OF SULFUR-BEARING ROCK CONTAINS 0.1 % FE, 0.02 % MG, 1.5 % CA, 0.15 % TI, 30 PPM B, 500 PPM BA, 1.5 PP-M BE, 7 PPM CU, 70 PPM LA, 5 PPM NI, 10 PPM PB, 500 PPM SR, 20- PPM V, 15 PPM Y, 150 PPM ZR. SAMPLE 2711 OF OPALIZED ROCK CON-TAINS 0.1 % FE, 0.03 % MG, 0.05 % CA, 0.03 % TI, 150 PPM AG, 2-0 PPM B, 2000 PPM BA, 2 PPM BE, 10 PPM CR, 5 PPM NI, 30 PPM Y,- 200 PPM ZR. SAMPLE 2712 OF ALTERED AND BRECCIATED ROCK CONTAI-NS 0.1 % FE, 0.05 % MG, 0.07 % CA, 0.2 % TI, 10 PPM MN, 3 PPM

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code	104
USGS model code	25a
Deposit model name	Hot-spring Au-Ag
Mark3 model number	45

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
Host or associated Host

Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Host or associated Host

Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1)	Older gravels	ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

Strike N50E (SHEAR ZONE)

Dip 75NW (SHEAR ZONE)

Strike	N50E (SHEAR ZONE)
Dip	75NW (SHEAR ZONE)

Controls for ore emplacement

Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Both
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Sulphur District

Land status

Ownership category	Private

Ownership information

Type Owner-Operator

Owner Pacific Sulphur Inc.

First year 1967

Type	Owner-Operator
Owner	Pacific Sulphur Inc.
First year	1967

Comments on the production information

TOTAL TONNAGE OF PRODUCTION UNKNOWN; USED MOSTLY FOR AGRICULTURE-SCREENED SULFUR, PRIOR TO 1966.

Workings at the site

Type of workings Surface

Overall depth 18.29M

Overall length 152.4M

Overall width 30.48M

Type of workings	Surface
Overall depth	18.29M
Overall length	152.4M
Overall width	30.48M

Comments on the workings information

NE-TRENDING PIT 500 FT LONG, 100 FT WIDE AND UP TO 6

Comments on development

CURRENT OWNERSHIP OF PATENTED CLAIMS UNKNOWN

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M055446

Bibliographic references

Deposit

GALLAGHER, M. J., 1967, NEVADA MINES, MILLS, AND SMELTERS - IN OPERATION AS OF JULY 1, 1967: STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, CARSON CITY, NEVADA, 16 P.
Deposit

PAPKE, K. G., 11 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSES.
Deposit

NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	SURFACE WORKINGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Deposit	UNLIKE MOST SULFUR AREAS IN THIS DISTRICT, THE SULFUR HERE OCCURS IN THE VICINITY OF THE FAULT ZONE THAT SEPARATES- TERTIARY SEDIMENTARY ROCKS ON THE WEST FROM VOLCANIC ROCKS ON- THE EAST. THE SULFUR OCCURS ON FRACTURE SURFACES AND IMPREGNA-TES ALTERED ROCK IN THE VICINITY OF A SHEAR ZONE THAT DIPS ABO-UT 75 NW, AND, IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE PIT, STRIKES N50E. M-OST OF THE NW (HANGING WALL) SIDE OF THE SHEAR ZONE IS TILTED -GRAVEL BEDS, SUGGESTING THAT THERE HAS BEEN RECENT ACTIVITY AL-ONG THIS FAULT ZONE. THE HOST ROCK APPEARS TO BE A TUFFACEOUS -VOLCANIC ROCK BUT MOST OF THE ROCK IS EXTENSIVELY ALTERED TO O-PAL, QUARTZ, AND CRISTOBALITE. THE SULFUR-BEARING ZONE IS PROB-ABLY AS MUCH AS 20 FT WIDE AND IS ESTIMATED TO CONSIST OF UP T-O 20% SULFUR.

Subject category

Comment text

Deposit

SURFACE WORKINGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Deposit

UNLIKE MOST SULFUR AREAS IN THIS DISTRICT, THE SULFUR HERE OCCURS IN THE VICINITY OF THE FAULT ZONE THAT SEPARATES- TERTIARY SEDIMENTARY ROCKS ON THE WEST FROM VOLCANIC ROCKS ON- THE EAST. THE SULFUR OCCURS ON FRACTURE SURFACES AND IMPREGNA-TES ALTERED ROCK IN THE VICINITY OF A SHEAR ZONE THAT DIPS ABO-UT 75 NW, AND, IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE PIT, STRIKES N50E. M-OST OF THE NW (HANGING WALL) SIDE OF THE SHEAR ZONE IS TILTED -GRAVEL BEDS, SUGGESTING THAT THERE HAS BEEN RECENT ACTIVITY AL-ONG THIS FAULT ZONE. THE HOST ROCK APPEARS TO BE A TUFFACEOUS -VOLCANIC ROCK BUT MOST OF THE ROCK IS EXTENSIVELY ALTERED TO O-PAL, QUARTZ, AND CRISTOBALITE. THE SULFUR-BEARING ZONE IS PROB-ABLY AS MUCH AS 20 FT WIDE AND IS ESTIMATED TO CONSIST OF UP T-O 20% SULFUR.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation
Reporter	01-JAN-1976	Gassaway, Judith S.	Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater	01-APR-1986	La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)	Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater	01-SEP-1994	Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)	U.S. Geological Survey

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