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Corn Beef Gypsum Prospect

Occurrence in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042629
MRDS ID M060484
Record type Site
Current site name Corn Beef Gypsum Prospect
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 2719, Corn Beef #1 & #2
Related records 10222142

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.03179, 40.01018 (WGS84)
Elevation 1658

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 025N 035E 27 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • BETWEEN HUGHS AND CORNISH CANYONS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gypsum Ore
Iron Gangue
Montmorillonite Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2719 OF GYPSUM CONTAINS 0.05 % FE, 0.5 % MG, 20 % CA, 0.015 % TI, 20 PPM B, 5000 PPM SR, AND 10 PPM V.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.03179, 40.01018
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N55-90W
    Dip NE AND SW STEEPLY
    Thickness 9.14M
    Length 106.68M
    Width 12.19M

Comments on the geologic information

  • A MUCH SMALLER GYPSUM DEPOSIT LIES 1 MILE SE ON PATENTED CLAIM OWNED BY U.S. GYPSUM.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Table Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Gypsum Co.
    First year 1984

Comments on the workings information

  • A FEW SHALLOW TRENCHES AND CUTS.

Comments on development

  • PATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    WALLACE ET AL., 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BUFFALO MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, PERSHING & CHURCHILL COUNTIES, NEVADA; USGS MAP GQ-821.

  • Deposit

    NBMG OFR 86-2, 1986, KEITH PAPKE, GYPSUM DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, K.G., 9 OCT 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BEDDED GYPSUM IS POORLY EXPOSED MOSTLY ALONG THE STEEP NORTH SIDE OF THE FIRST DRAINAGE SYSTEM NORTH OF HUGHES CANYON. IN THE MAIN AREA, EXPOSED GYPSUM IS UNBEDDED OR INDISTINCTLY BEDDED BUT GENERALLY STRIKES N55 TO 90W, STEEP DIPS NE-SW, SUGGESTING THAT THE GYPSUM UNIT IS CONSIDERABLY THICKER THAN THE MAXIMUM VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL EXPOSURES INDICATE. A FEW OTHER EXPOSURES ON THE CLAIMS AS MUCH AS 0.3 MILE AWAY ARE TOO FAR APART TO CORRELATE OR INDICATE THICKNESSES, BUT THEY SUGGEST A RELATIVELY LARGE DEPOSIT. EXTENSIVE EXPOSURES OF PHYLLITIC ROCKS SOUTH OF THE CANYON BOTTOM SUGGEST A MAJOR FAULT ALONG THE BOTTOM. MUCH OF THE GYPSUM IS SNOW-WHITE, SUGARY AND FRIABLE. SOME CONTAINS SMALL AMOUNTS OF IRON OXIDE, BUT MOST OF THE GYPSUM IS QUITE PURE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1973 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1987 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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