| Deposit ID | 10043899 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M231198 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Wild Horse Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Wild Horse Canyon Mine, NBMG Sample Sites 2914, 2915, 2916, 2917, 2443. |
| Geographic coordinates: | -119.59684, 40.4071 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | NEAR HEAD OF WILD HORSE CANYON |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Washoe(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Pah-Rum Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Kumiva Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Smoke Creek Desert(hydrologic unit)
Black Rock Desert(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Washoe |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 029N | 021E | SW,02 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Tetrahedrite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | CHIPS FROM MINERALIZED ZONES: UP TO AG 5 OZ/TON, NO AU. SAMPLE 2443, GRAB SAMPLE FROM DUMP, WHITE QUARTZ VEIN MATERIAL WITH GRAY STREAKS, CONTAINS 15 % FE, 0.3 % MG, 1.5- % CA, 0.03 % TI, 300 PPM MN, 2 PPM AG, 7000 PPM AS, 100 PPM -B, 1500 PPM BA, 15 PPM BI, 70 PPM CO, 700 PPM CU, 100 PPM LA, -10 PPM NI, 70 PPM PB, 100 PPM SR, 10 PPM V, 20 PPM Y, 20 PPM Z-R. |
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| Model code | 85 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 22c |
| Deposit model name | Polymetallic veins |
| Mark3 model number | 46 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||
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| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock |
| (1) | -119.59684, 40.4071 |
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| General form | TABULAR, PODS |
|---|---|
| Strike | N60-80E TO N60W |
| Dip | 60-90 NE AND 15-30 SW |
| Width | 6.1M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1902 |
| Year of first production | 1925 |
| District name | Cottonwood District; Cottonwood Canyon District |
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| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M231198 |
BONHAM, H. F., 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF WASHOE AND STOREY COUNTIES, NEVADA, NBMG BULL. 70
HILL, J. M., 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWESTERN NEVADA, USGS BULL. 594
JONES, R. B., 1985, FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS 4-18-85
QUADE, JACK, 1985, FIELD EXAMINATION, 6-3-85.
BONHAM, H. G., 1969
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE VEIN WAS LOCATED ABOUT 1902. A 5-STAMP MILL WAS IN OPERATION IN 1912 TREATING THE VEIN QUARTZ FOR ITS GOLD & SILVER CONTENT. THE WORKINGS EXPLORE TWO SETS OF MINERALIZED FAULTS, WHICH CUT A GRANODIORITE STOCK INTRUDING MESOZOIC METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS AND HORNBLENDE GABBRO. THE MINERALIZED FAULT ZONES CONSISTS OF FRACTURES, SHEARED, AND SERICITIZED GRANODIORITE AND RANGE IN THICKNESS FROM 2 TO 20 FT. PYRITE & SMALL AMOUNTS OF ARSENOPYRITE OCCUR AS DISSEMINATIONS AND PODS IN BOTH THE ALTERED GRANODIORITE OF THE MINERALIZED ZONES AND IN THE VEIN QUARTZ ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV |
| Deposit | ALL MINING ACTIVITY IS ALONG 2 MAJOR FAULT ZONES THAT STRIKE N60W,DIP 25SW, AND N60E, STEEPLY. THE SHEAR ZONES VAR-Y IN THICKNESS FROM A FEW FEET TO 20 FT. THE HOST ROCK IS A GR-ANODIORITE WHICH IS NEAR THE CONTACT OF METASEDIMENTS AND ANOT-HER DARKER DIORITE OR GABBRO. SAMPLE 2914 FROM MAIN ADIT AT BO-TTOM OF CANYON IS QUARTZ VEIN MATERIAL WITH SULFIDES. SAMPLE 2-915 WAS FROM ONE OF THE UPPER ADITS WHERE A 10-FT SHEAR ZONE I-S PARTIALLY FILLED BY A STRONGLY IRON-STAINED QUARTZ VEIN BEAR-ING N70E. THE MINERALIZED VEIN HAS VISIBLE ARSENOPYRITE, PYRIT-E AND OTHER SULFIDES. SAMPLE 2916 WAS CHIPPED FROM A SERIES OF- QUARTZ VEINS IN A DARK GREY INTRUSIVE-FINE-GRAINED SULFIDES P-RESENT IN VEIN. SAMPLE 2917 WAS CUT FROM A 3-4 FT IRON-STAINED- QUARTZ VEIN BEARING N-S, DIP 65W. SMALL WOODEN SLUICE OUTSIDE- ADIT PORTAL USING WATER FROM A SPRING-FED STREAM. FROM THIS P-OINT, THE ORE WAS MOVED ALONG A SMALL PATH THAT WAS FORMERLY T-RACKED, AND IT WAS EMPTIED INTO A SMALL MILLING DEVICE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1980 | Royse, Sue E. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-AUG-1985 | 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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