| Deposit ID | 10044116 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M231457 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Tom Cat Group |
| Related records | 10174743 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.13542, 40.80017 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1676 |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Pershing |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 034N | 034E | 26,22,23 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Tungsten Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Result | ASSAYED UP TI 2% |
|---|
| Model code | 42 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 14a |
| Deposit model name | W skarn |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels |
| Rock unit name | Olsen Stock |
| Rock description | Olsen Stock |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| (1) | -118.13542, 40.80017 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Stank Fault |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1918 |
| District name | Mill City District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M231457 |
HERSHEY, O.H., 1918, UNPUBLISHED REPORTS
TINGLEY, J.V., 1973, UNPUBLISHED REPORT
STAGER, H. K., IN PREP, NBMG BULL ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THIS GROUP CONSISTS OF FOUR TOM CATS CHIEFLY UNDERLAID BY GRANITE. GRANITE REACHES SURFACE OF MOST OF THE GROUP, WITH A LARGE INCLUSION OF HORNFELS ON THE TOM CATS NOS. 1 AND 2 THAT CONTAINS TRACES OF LODE MATTER NTACTITE) ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Deposit | TACTITE IS RESTRICTED TO A FEW INCHES AND RAPIDLY GRADES INTO BARREN LIMESTONE ALONG STRIKE AWAY FROM THE CONTACT ZONE. AREA IS IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE OLSEN STOCK AND INCLUDES SHALLOW PENDANTS OF HORNFELS ON THE EASTERN EDGE OF T-HE STOCK. QUARTZ VEIN IN GRANODIORITE. |
| 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 | |
| Updater | 01-SEP-1994 | Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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