Inskip Mine

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042530
MRDS ID M060351
Record type Site
Current site name Inskip Mine
Alternate or previous names Pioneer, North Star, NBMG Sample Site 2565
Related records 10125442

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.15514, 40.43072 (WGS84)
Elevation 2103
Relative position ABOUT 1/2 MI. SW OF ARIZONA MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Congress Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 030N 034E 34 SW OF SW OF NW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = UNIONVILLE (1954) 1:625000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Covellite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification Of Rhyolite

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2565 OF SILICIFIED RHYOLITE PORPHYRY WITH PYRITE CONTAINS 2 % FE, 0.3 % MG, 1.5 % CA, 0.15 % TI, 500 PPM MN-, 10 PPM AG, 50 PPM B, 1500 PPM BA, 1 PPM BE, 15 PPM CU, 5 PPM- MO, 100 PPM PB, 10 PPM V, 70 PPM Y, 200 PPM ZR.

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 Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Koipato Group
    Rock description Koipato Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Prida
    Rock description Prida
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.15514, 40.43072

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • BED VEINS SIMILAR TO MAIN BED VEIN OF ARIZONA DEPOSIT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Unionville District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS, SHAFT, DRILL ROADS

Comments on development

  • DEVELOPMENT BEGAN AROUND 1870. WORKED IN LATE 1800'S; PROSPECTED AGAIN, PROBABLY IN 1950'S-1960'S. DRILL ROADS ON PROPERTY. NO ACTIVITY IN 1984.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BED VEINS SIMILAR TO MAIN BED VEIN OF ARIZONA DEPOSIT. VEINS IN RHYOLITE PORPHYRY. LOWER ADIT SHOWS ONLY PYRITIZED, SILICIFIED RHYOLITE PORPHYRY WITH QUARTZ AND PYRITE -STRINGERS. NO OBVIOUS ORE ON DUMP. SHAFT ON RIDGE TOP (NOT VIS-ITED) MAY BE ON MINERALIZED STRUCTURE.
Deposit DEVELOPMENT BEGAN AROUND 1870. ; 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-MAY-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-JAN-1981 Royse, Sue E. 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.

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

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