Cornish Claims

Occurrence in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc
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 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

Geographic coordinates: -118.02485, 40.02768 (WGS84)
Elevation 1576

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 025N 035E 22 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

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.

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 Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.02485, 40.02768

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30-40W
    Dip 15 SW

Comments on the geologic information

  • SILVER-LEAD ORES OCCUR IN WHITE QUARTZ VEINS IN LIMESTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1872
Year of first production 1872

Mining district

District name Table Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on development

  • ACTIVELY WORKED IN 1870'S. THE SILVER-LEAD DEPOSITS OF CORNISH CAMP WERE ACTIVELY WORKED IN THE EARLY 1870'S. NO ACTIVITY WHEN EXAMINED IN 1984.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    LINCOLN, 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINER RESOURCES OF NEVADA; NEVADA NEWS LETTER PUBL. CO., P. 11-12.

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H.F., JR., 24 SEP 84, FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

General comments

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

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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