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Brooks Spring Prospects

Occurrence in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Tungsten, Molybdenum
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044936
MRDS ID M232577
Record type Site
Current site name Brooks Spring Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.26762, 40.78657 (WGS84)
Relative position 20 MILES SE OF GOLCONDA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brooks Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Winnemucca(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)

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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 034N 042E 28,29,32,33 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary
Molybdenum Primary

Analytical data

Result MORE THAN 50 PPM MO

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Havallah Formation
    Rock description Havallah Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.26762, 40.78657
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • SAMPLES FROM SHEAR ZONE, BRECCIA

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ERICKSON, 1974; GEOCHEMICAL DISTRIBUTION OF MOLYBDENUM IN HUMBOLDT CO., MF. USGS MA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1981 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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