Silver Lode Claims

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Tungsten
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. Alteration
  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. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043975
MRDS ID M231288
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Lode Claims
Alternate or previous names Dolomite, Maggie No. 1 Claim, NBMG Sample Site 488

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.4004, 40.99072 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Golconda(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(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)

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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 036N 041E 18 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Tungsten Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Iron Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 488, A GRAB SAMPLE OF IRON-STAINED QUARTZ VEIN MATERIAL FROM THE DUMP, CONTAINS 1 % FE, 0.03 % MG, 0.07 % C-A, 0.02 % TI, 200 PPM MN, 500 PPM AG, 50 PPM B, 200 PPM BA, 20- PPM CO, 10 PPM CR, 150 PPM CU, 10 PPM NI, 100 PPM PB, 500 PPM- SB, 200 PPM SR, 100 PPM V, 50 PPM W.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Preble Formation
    Rock description Preble Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.4004, 40.99072

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N35E
    Dip 25SE
    Width 0.04M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Low Angle Thrust Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1945
Discoverer F. O'Leary & Jack S. Kirwin
Year of first production 1945

Mining district

District name Potosi District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner John Torok Of Reno
    First year 1965

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 45.72M
    Overall depth 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • 5-6 SHORT ADITS, ALL PROBABLY 5-50 M LONG. APPARENTLY A SMALL MILL WAS LOCATED IN THE WASH BELOW THE WORKINGS AS T-HERE ARE A FEW HUNDRED CUBIC METERS OF TAILINGS.

Comments on development

  • PROSPECTED IN EARLY 1940'S; DUMP MATERIAL SHIPPED IN 1940'S RAN 20 OZ./TON AG. MINOR PRODUCTION, JUDGING FROM SMALL TAILINGS PILE IN WASH. NO ACTIVITY HERE IN 1984, BUT A BULLDOZER IS LEVELLI-NG AN AREA OF ALLUVIUM 0.5 KM TO THE WEST, POSSIBLY FOR SOME S-ORT OF TEST HEAP LEACH PAD FOR PREBLE ORE. ALSO, THERE ARE REC-ENT DRILL HOLES 0.2-0.3 KM WEST OF THE OLD WORKINGS (FRAG CLAI-MS).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SILVER STATE (APRIL 12, 1919) WINNEMUCCA NEVADA

  • Deposit

    ETCHART, JOHN (1980) PERSONAL COMMUNICATION

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L. J., 1984, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    USGS, 1974, GQ MAP 1174.

  • Production

    ETCHART, J., 1980

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NEW DISCOVERY REPORTED FROM THE OSGOOD RANGE, SILVER LODE CLAIMS (4) LOCATED BY F. R. O'LEARY, JACK S. KIRWIN, LOCATED AT S END OF EDEN VALLEY ON WESTERN SLOPE OF OSGOOD RANGE. PROPERTY PROSPECT IN EARLY 1940'S, 60' WINZES SUNK FROM THE OF DRIFT, DRIFTING DONE ALONG VEIN AND 2 40' WINZES SUNK FROM ENDS OF DRIFTS, PODS OF SCHEELITE ENCOUNTERED IN VEIN MATERIAL FROM WINZE. DUMP MATERIAL FROM EARLY WORK SHIPPED IN 1940'S, 20 OZ AG ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV; 5 PERS COMM
Deposit MASSIVE WHITE TO CLEAR QUARTZ VEIN FOLLOWING A LOW-ANGLE THRUST FAULT THAT SEPARATES BROWN-WEATHERING DOLOMITE IN -THE LOWER PLATE FROM MEDIUM-GRAY LIMESTONE IN THE UPPER PLATE.- THE FOOTWALL JUST BELOW THE VEIN IS HIGHLY CONTORTED GRAY PHY-LLITE. THERE ARE NUMEROUS 0.5 CM WIDE VEINLETS OF CALCITE IN T-HE UPPER PLATE LIMESTONE. QUARTZ VEIN MATERIAL IS COMMONLY STA-INED WITH IRON OXIDE MINERALS.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1940'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 Tingley, J.V. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-MAR-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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