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Steiner Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042474
MRDS ID M060278
Record type Site
Current site name Steiner Mine
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 2828
Related records 10125084

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.5132, 40.376 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Natchez Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 028N 031E 04 NE OF NE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • N TRINITY CANYON, ACCESSIBLE VIA POOR ROADS UP STREAM-FLOODED CHANNEL.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification Of Granodiorite

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2828 CONTAINS 5 % FE, 0.7 % MG, 1 % CA, 0.1 % TI, 200 PPM MN, 1000 PPM AG, 1000 PPM AS, 2000 PPM B, 300 PPM BA, 1.5 PPM BE, 15 PPM BI, 50 PPM CD, 20 PPM CR, 1000 PPM CU, 200 PPM MO, 10 PPM NI, 10000 PPM PB, 3000 PPM SB, 5 PPM SC, 150 PPM SR, 200 PPM V, 700 PPM ZN, 50 PPM ZR, AND 8.0 PPM AU, BY AA ANALYSIS.

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 Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.5132, 40.376
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH-AND-SWELL, PODS
    Strike N75E
    Dip 65S
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 3.05M
    Width 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone And A Long Hornfelsic Dike

Comments on the geologic information

  • SHEAR ZONE MINERALIZATION IS CHARACTERIZED BY A PINCH AND SWELL TYPE OF STRUCTURE THAT DEFINE PODS OF SHEARED AND BRECCIATED STRONGLY ALTERED GRANODIORITE, 2 TO 4 FEET WIDE AND ABOUT 10 FEET IN DIAMETER.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Trinity District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • CAVED ADIT, SOME PROSPECTS, ALL VERY OLD.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WORKINGS ARE ALONG A SHEAR ZONE IN A N-TRENDNG STRUCTURE THAT IS HIGHLY ALTERED AND BRECCIATED, SILICIFIED AND IRON-STAINED, INCLUDING SOME OF THE COUNTRY ROCK OR FRESH GRANITE. SAMPLE 2828 IS OF ORE ZONE MATERIAL THAT FILLS THE SHEAR AS IN A FISSURE FILLING.
Deposit LOCATED ALONG SOUTHEASTERN MARGIN OF A LARGE GRANODIORITE STOCK. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1973 Johnson, Maureen G. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-MAR-1987 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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