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Gamble Lode

Occurrence in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Tin, Iron
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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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044842
MRDS ID M232456
Record type Site
Current site name Gamble Lode
Alternate or previous names Izenhood Ranch

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.89205, 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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Apatite Gangue
Chalcedony Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sanidine Gangue
Tridymite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Or Bleached Silicified Rhyolite

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) -116.89205, 40.96518
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, LENSES
    Thickness 0.46M
    Length 3218.6M
    Width 804.65M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Believed That Cassitenite-Bearing Incrustations

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE TIN DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF CASSITERITE-SPECULARITE BEARING QUARTZ VEINLETS, LENSES AND OPEN INCRUSTATIONS ON THE WALLS OF CROSS AND PARALLEL FISSURES IN RHYOLITE ALONG AN EAST TRENDING BELT 2 MILES LONG AND 1/2 MILE WIDE. THE VEINLETS RANGE FROM LESS THAN ON INCH TO 18" WIDE AND ARE ERATIC IN STRIKE AND DIP.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Izenhood

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL PITS, SHAFTS

Comments on development

  • TIN DISCOVERED IN THE DISTRICT IN 1914

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO 305, REF NO. 3201500133, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 72.100

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CASSITERITE-AND SPECULARITE-BEARING QUARTZ VEINLETS, LENSES AND OPEN ENCRUSTATIONS ON FISSURE WALLS IN RHYOLITE
Deposit SEVEL PITS SE CORNER 28, SHAFT & PITS IN N 1/2 OF SE 1/4 26

Reporter information

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

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