| Deposit ID | 10044037 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M231356 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Miss Nevada Claim |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.07761, 40.61796 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1905 |
| Relative position | 8 MILES WSW OF BATTLE MOUNTAIN, NEV |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Lander(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Galena Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Reese(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Lander |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 032N | 043E | 25 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Molybdenite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | 3 STRINGERS OF ORE IN THE FACE ASSAYED 0.04 OZ/TON AU AND 22.6 OZ/TON AG |
|---|---|
| Result | 13.5% PB AND 28.5% ZN. |
| Model code | 85 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 22c |
| Deposit model name | Polymetallic veins |
| Mark3 model number | 46 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite |
| Rock unit name | Harmony Formation |
| Rock description | Harmony Formation |
| (1) | -117.07761, 40.61796 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Thrust Faults |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Ne-Trending Faults |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | NE |
| Dip | 40NW |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1925 |
| Year of first production | 1925 |
| District name | Battle Mountain District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | R. Nevada Mines Co. |
| First year | 1954 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | C. And R. Nevada Mines Co. |
| First year | 1954 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M231356 |
HILL, J.M., 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NE CALIFORNIA AND NW. NEVADA; U.S.G.S. BULL. 594.
ROBERTS, R.J., AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE VEIN WAS WORKED IN THE EARLY 1900'S, AND WAS LATER REOPENED IN LATE 1954 BY THE C AND R NEVADA MINES CO. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-1980 | 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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