| Deposit ID | 10044913 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M232548 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Land Rover Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.39789, 40.58962 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 23 MI. SW OF VALMY BY ROAD |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pershing(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
China Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Dixie Valley(hydrologic unit)
Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)
Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 | Pershing |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 031N | 041E | 05,06 | CENTER OF E2 OF E2 (06) | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Barium-Barite Critical | Tertiary |
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cerargyrite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Barite | Unknown |
| Result | SAMPLE 2336, GRAB MATERIAL FROM DUMPS AND OUTCROP INCLUDING GOSSAN, JASPEROID AND BARITE, CONTAINS 15 % FE, 0.1 % -MG, 0.15 % TI, 30 PPM AG, +10000 PPM AS, 500 PPM B, 300 PPM BA-, 1 PPM BE, 70 PPM BI, 15 PPM CO, 20 PPM CR, 100 PPM CU, 50 PP-M NI, 300 PPM PB, 300 PPM SB, 20 PPM SC, 50 PPM V, 50 PPM ZR. |
|---|
| Model code | 85 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 22c |
| Deposit model name | Polymetallic veins |
| Mark3 model number | 46 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Favret Formation |
| Rock description | Favret Formation |
| (1) | -117.39789, 40.58962 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | 2 Sets Steep Faults Trending Wnw & Nne; Graben |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 2.13M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1970 |
| Discoverer | Clair Chamberlain Of Winnemucca |
| Year of first production | 1965 |
| District name | Iron Hat District; Aldrich District; Cherry Creek District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Tri-Metals Co. |
| Last year | 1965 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | C. L. Jones Of Elkotysher Corp And Tri-Metals Corp |
| First year | 1981 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M232548 |
PAYNE, ANTHONY, 1965, UNPUB REPORT ON THE LAND ROVER PROSPECT, NBMG DISTRICT FILE 278.
PAPKE, K. G., 1984, NBMG BULL 98, P.119-120
GARSIDE, L. J., 14 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.
NBMG OFR 85-3, 1985
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | JASPEROID, BARITE, GOSSAN, AND LOCALLY REMNANTS OF PYRITE OCCUR IN IRREGULAR VEINLIKE BODIES. SOME GOSSAN-RICH SIL-IFICIED ZONES STAND OUT AS RIBS ON THE SURFACE. THE UPPER SLOP-E OF THE HILL HERE IS PREDOMINANTLY GRAY DOLOMITE, WHILE THE L-OWER ADIT HAS ITS PORTAL IN TUFFACEOUS SANDSTONE AND CONGLOMER-ATE. THE BARITE VEINS AND STOCKWORKS AND THE JASPEROID ZONES S-EEM TO TREND N OR NE, NEAR VERTICAL TO 60W. SOME GOSSAN-BARITE--JASPEROID ZONES ARE 1 M OR MORE WIDE. HEMIMORPHITE IS REPORTE-D BY PAPKE (1984) |
| Deposit | SEVEN UNPATENTED LODE MINING CLAIMS WERE LOCATED IN 1963. DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF OLD SHALLOW PROSPECT WORKINGS DONE IN 1920'S OR EARLY 1930'S. TRENCHES MADE IN 1965 BY TRI-METALS CO AND A TRIAL SHIPMENT OF 946 LBS SORTED ORE WAS MADE IN AUGUST 1965. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-1981 | Royse, Sue E. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-NOV-1985 | La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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