| Deposit ID | 10042627 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M060482 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Cornish Claims |
| Alternate or previous names | NBMG Sample Site 2550 |
| Related records | 10247636 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.02485, 40.02768 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1576 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pershing(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Cornish Peak(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Pershing |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 025N | 035E | 22 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | SAMPLE 2550, DUMP SELECT, CONTAINS 7% FE, 0.2 % MG, 5 % CA, 0.01 % TI, 200 PPM MN, 200 PPM AG, 200 PPM B, 200 PPM BA, 150 PPM BI, 500 PPM CD, 150 PPM CU, 10 PPM MO, 10 PPM NI, +20000 PPM PB, 200 PPM SB, 200 PPM SR, 50 PPM V, 7000 PPM ZN. |
|---|
| Model code | 273 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 36a |
| Deposit model name | Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
| Mark3 model number | 27 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| (1) | -118.02485, 40.02768 |
|---|
| Strike | N30-40W |
|---|---|
| Dip | 15 SW |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1872 |
| Year of first production | 1872 |
| District name | Table Mountain District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M060482 |
JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULLETIN 89.
LINCOLN, 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINER RESOURCES OF NEVADA; NEVADA NEWS LETTER PUBL. CO., P. 11-12.
BONHAM, H.F., JR., 24 SEP 84, FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | QUARTZ VEIN AND GOSSAN IN LIMESTONE AND SHALE. VEIN IS STRONGLY BRECCIATED, TO 2 M WIDE, GOSSAN LOCALLY ABUNDANT. QUARTZ CONTAINS GALENA, SOME CERUSSITE, OXIDIZED PYRITE. FAIRLY RECENT CLAIMS IN THE AREA. |
| Deposit | THE SILVER-LEAD DEPOSITS OF CORNISH CAMP WERE ACTIVELY WORKED IN THE EARLY 1870'S. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: EARLY 1870'S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1973 | Johnson, Maureen G. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-FEB-1987 | La Pointe, D.D. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-SEP-1994 | Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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