Gamble Prospect

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Tungsten, Antimony, Silver, Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042509
MRDS ID M060323
Record type Site
Current site name Gamble Prospect
Related records 10198387

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.22737, 40.54489 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position 8 MILES SE OF IMLAY NEV

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Star Peak(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 31N 33E 23,22 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • N. SIDE OF ANTELOPE CANYON. UTM IS TO ONE OF THE WORKINGS . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Stibnite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization, Silicification Of Dikerock.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.22737, 40.54489

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Reg.Struct: Small Dike
Type of structure Local
Structure description Quartz Veins Occur Within Diabase Dike

Ore body information

  • Strike N10E
    Dip 70 DEG W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stibnite Occurs In Quartz Veins

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.COM: ORE OCCURS WITHIN QUARTZ VEINS WHICH RANGE FROM 2-12 AND 12-24 INCHES WIDE, UP TO 100 FEET LONG

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Imlay District; Humboldt District; Eldorado District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Gamble, Mrs Robert R.
    Home office Monterey, Ca.
    First year 1957

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT 8 UNITS W03 PRODUCED FROM A SMALL TONNAGE ORE

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL OPEN CUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LAWRENCE, E.F., 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, NEV. BUR. OF MINES, BULL. 61

  • Deposit

    STAGER, H. K., IN PREPARATION (1985), NBMG BULL ON TUNGSTEN IN NEVADA.

  • Production

    STAGER, H. K. (IN PREPARATION)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL THIN QUARTZ VEINS IN A DIABASE DIKE INTRUDING A FINELY CRYSTALLINE LIMESTONE BED. SMALL PODS AND CRYSTALS -OF STIBNITE AND ANTIMONY OXIDES OCCUR IN THE QUARTZ VEINS AND -LOCALLY SOME SCHEELITE IS FOUND

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Donahoe, James L. (Johnson, M.G.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1985 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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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