O'Byrne Mine

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodity 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044112
MRDS ID M231451
Record type Site
Current site name O'Byrne Mine
Alternate or previous names Part of Summit-Obyrne Mine, NBMG Sample Site 2659
Related records 10270783

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.14654, 40.77656 (WGS84)
Elevation 1615

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Woody Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eugene Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 034N 034E 34 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON STANK HILL BETWEEN SPRINGER AND STANK CANYONS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2659, A DUMP SAMPLE OF SCHEELITE-BEARING QUARTZ-EPIDOTE-GARNET SKARN, CONTAINS 3 % FE, 0.7 % MG, 7 % CA, 0.-05 % TI, 1500 PPM MN, 7 PPM AG, 1 PPM BE, 150 PPM BI, 20 PPM C-D, 15 PPM CR, 15 PPM CU, 15 PPM MO, 5 PPM NI, 300 PPM PB, 20 P-PM SN, 500 PPM SR, 700 PPM V, 100 PPM W, 10 PPM Y, 500 PPM ZN,- 20 PPM ZR.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 42
USGS model code 14a
Deposit model name W skarn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels
    Rock unit name Southwest Stock
    Rock description Southwest Stock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Humboldt
    Rock description Humboldt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.14654, 40.77656

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Shank Fault, Which Here Strikes Just W Of N-S, Dips W
Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Limestone Bed Near Granodiorite Stock.

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE SUMMIT-O'BYRNE BED STRIKES NE, DIPS STEEPLY SE AND EXTENDS FROM THE SOUTH RIM OF THE GEORGE MINE PIT ACROSS ST-ANK HILL AND INTO STANK CANYON, WHERE IT COMES IN CONTACT WITH- THE SMALL SOUTHWEST STOCK. ORE IN THE TACTITE BODY WAS LIMITE-D TO A TRIANGULAR SEGMENT OF THE BED LYING BETWEEN THE SURFACE- AND THE PLANE OF THE STANK FAULT. ORE ON THE SOUTH WAS LIMITE-D BY THE GRADATIONAL LIMESTONE-TACTITE BOUNDARY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mill City District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS AND A CONNECTING WINZE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE O'BYRNE BED IS PART OF THE HUMBOLDT BED THAT HAS BEEN SLIGHTLY OFFSET ACROSS A PORTION OF THE SOUTHWEST STOCK.
Deposit CONSISTS OF TUNNELS & ADITS DRIVEN IN O'BYRNE BED, PART OF THE HUMBOLDT BED. THIS SEGMENT OF THE BED HAS BEEN SLIGHTLY OFF SET ACROSS A PORTION OF THE SOUTHWEST STOCK WHICH CUTS BETWEEN THE SUMMIT AND O'BYRNE WORKINGS. THE BED EXTENDS FROM THIS POINT SOUTH TO ITS CONTACT WITH THE MAIN PORTION OF THE SOUGHWEST STOCK, SOUTH OF THE LOWER O'BYRNE ADIT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-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

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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