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Black Nugget

Occurrence in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodity Tin
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  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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044840
MRDS ID M232454
Record type Site
Current site name Black Nugget

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.88483, 40.96518 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Izzenhood Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Battle Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 036N 045E 27 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 1:24000 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1965 EDITION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 157
USGS model code 25h
Deposit model name Rhyolite-hosted Sn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.88483, 40.96518
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, LENSES
    Length 3218.6M
    Width 804.65M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Believed That Cassiterite-Bearing Incrustations Were Deposited Along The Walls Of Funarolic Vents. Evidence Cited Includes The Discontinuity And Extreme Irregularity In Attitude Of The Individual Fissures, The Abscence Of Brecciation And Faulting, The Similar Mingeralogy Of Veside Fillings In The Host Rock And The Veinlets, And The Lack Of Other Sulfides.

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE TIN DEPOSITS CONSIST OF CASSITERITE BEARING QUARTZ VEINLETS, LENSES, AND FRACTURE COATINGS IN RHYOLITE ALONG AN E TRENDING BELT 2 MILES LONG & 1/2 MILE WIDE. THE VEINLETS RANGE FROM LESS THAN 1 INCH TO 18" WIDE AND ARE ERRATIE IN STRIKE & DIP. THE WALLROCK IS UNALTERRED, AND THE FRACTURES DISCONTINUOUS. THE VEINLETS HAVE AN OPEN TEXTURE AND APPEAR AS INCRUSTATIONS OF THE WALLS OF CROSS AND PARALLEL FISSURES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Izenhood

Comments on the workings information

  • SHORT ADIT, SEVERAL PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STAGER, H.K. (1977) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF LANDER CO. NEV., N.B.M. BULL 88

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, W.O. (1939) RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN LAVADER CO. NEV., N.B.B.M. I.C. 7043

  • Deposit

    FRIES C. (1941) TIN DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN LANDER CO., NEV., USGS BULL 931-L

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE DISTRICT, THE ONLY WORKINGS ARE SEVERAL PITS AND A SHORT ADIT.
Deposit CASSITERITE-BEARING QUARTZ VEINLETS, LENSES AND FRACTURE COATINGS ON RHYOLITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

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