Pole Canyon Prospects

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  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 10042534
MRDS ID M060356
Record type Site
Current site name Pole Canyon Prospects
Related records 10247369

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.22764, 40.36378 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position SOUTH SIDE OF POLE CANYON

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 029N 033E 24 Nevada

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrargyrite Ore
Silver Ore
Hematite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sphalerite Gangue

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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.22764, 40.36378

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 1.83M

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSITS OCCUR IN THREE PARALLEL QUARTZ VEINS FROM 200 TO 500 FT. APART. VEINS RANGE IN WIDTH FROM A FOOT TO 6 FEET OR MORE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Sacramento District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • MINED IN 1913, VALUED AT $175/TON

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW SHAFTS AND TRENCHES

Comments on development

  • DEPOSITS WERE WORKED IN 1913.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C., 1914, THE ROCHESTER MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 580-M

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, W. O., 1936, USBM IC 6902.

General comments

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

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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