| Deposit ID | 10042534 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M060356 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Pole Canyon Prospects |
| Related records | 10247369 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.22764, 40.36378 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1829 |
| Relative position | SOUTH SIDE OF POLE CANYON |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pershing(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Rochester(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Pershing |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 029N | 033E | 24 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Pyrargyrite | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Sphalerite | Gangue |
| Model code | 273 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 36a |
| Deposit model name | Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
| Mark3 model number | 27 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite |
| (1) | -118.22764, 40.36378 |
|---|
| Width | 1.83M |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Sacramento District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M060356 |
JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89
SCHRADER, F.C., 1914, THE ROCHESTER MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 580-M
VANDERBURG, W. O., 1936, USBM IC 6902.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSITS OCCUR IN 3 PARALLEL QUARTZ VEINS FROM 200 TO 500 FT APART. VEINS RANGE IN WIDTH FROM A FOOT TO 6 FEET OR MORE. |
| Deposit | DEPOSITS WERE WORKED IN 1913. DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF SHALLOW SHAFTS AND TRENCHES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1980 | Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-JUN-1986 | La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-DEC-1980 | Royse, Sue E. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-SEP-1994 | Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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