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Skyline Group

Occurrence in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Manganese, Gold, Silver
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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. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044961
MRDS ID M232610
Record type Site
Current site name Skyline Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.23714, 41.89737 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Spring Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Vya(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vya(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Thousand-Virgin(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 046N 024E 17,21,28,33 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Analytical data

Result ASSAY, TR. AU, TR. AG
Result 0.4% MN.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 156
USGS model code 25g
Deposit model name Epithermal Mn

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Alluvium, undifferentiated
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • RHYOLITE CONTAINS VUGS, SOME OF WHICH ARE FILLED WITH AGATE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1941
Discoverer Mr. Mustard, (1941)

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 9 UNPATENTED CLAIMS
Deposit THE GROUP CONSISTS OF NINE CLAIMS: THE SKYLINE, NINE, SALLY, GRACE, DOROTHY, UAJD J. NO.S 1-4, LOCATED IN 1941 BY MR. MUSTARD FOR MANGANESE. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-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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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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