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Allied Tungsten Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042536
MRDS ID M060358
Record type Site
Current site name Allied Tungsten Prospect
Alternate or previous names Unnamed Silver Prospect
Related records 10125344

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.23403, 40.3335 (WGS84)
Elevation 1554
Relative position BETWEEN ROLANDS AND SACRAMENTO CYN.

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
29N 33E 36 SW OF NW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • W SIDE OF HUMBOLDT RANGE, AND ALONG THE FLANK OF RANGE FROM WEAVER CYN TO HORSE CYN. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Dumortierite Ore
Galena Ore
Kyanite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS FROM 10 VEIN SAMPLES FROM PROSPECT ON W SIDE OF HUMBOLDT RANGE: 0-.03 OZ AU PER TON, .5-8.5 OZ AG PER TON, 26 OZ AG ANOMALOUS REPORT, .05% CU.

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 Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N35W
    Dip 35 SW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Of Limestone And Rhyolite

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEINS CUT ACROSS THE BEDS, COMMONLY ARE SILICIFIED BRECCIAS IN FAULT ZONES. THEY FORM CONSPICUOUS DARK OUTCROPS UP TO SEVERAL TENS OF FEET WIDE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sacramento District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION DATA AVAILABLE

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PARTS OF THE PRIDA FORMATION BETWEEN ROLANDS AND SACRAMENTO CANYON HAVE LIMITED POTENTIAL FOR LIME. SAMPLE ANALYZED: 90.9% CACO3, 1.8% MG CO3, AND 7.91% SIO2

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECTED BY A 150 FT. ADIT, RAISE, PITS, SHORT ADITS AND AN INCLINED SHAFT WITH TWO DRIFTS

Comments on development

  • IN 1944, THE ALLIED TUNGSTEN CORP EXPLORED THE DEPOSIT WITH SEVERAL SMALL PROSPECT PITS. ONLY TRACES OF TUNGSTEN W-ERE FOUND AND NONE WAS EVER MINED OR SHIPPED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, W.O., 1936, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN PERSHING CO., US BUR MINES, INF. CIRC. 6902

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING CO., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 89, P. 86

  • Deposit

    STAGER, H. K., IN PREPARATION, NBMG BULL ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SCHEELITE OCCURS AS SMALL SPARSELY DISSEMINATED CRYSTALS IN QUARTZ STRINGERS ALONG THE CONTACT BETWEEN RHYOLITE AN-D LIMESTONE.THE CONTACT, AND THE BEDDING IN THE LIMESTONE STRI-D E N35W AND DIP 35 SW.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1980 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1986 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

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