Hermit Group

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044969
MRDS ID M232619
Record type Site
Current site name Hermit Group
Alternate or previous names Probably Part of Raser Or Reeder Properties

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.27879, 41.09127 (WGS84)
Relative position EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Division Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

High Rock Canyon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vya(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Smoke Creek Desert(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(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

Comments on the location information

  • UTM IS TO PROSPECT SHOWN ON TOPO; UNSURVEYED T&R

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 104
USGS model code 25a
Deposit model name Hot-spring Au-Ag
Mark3 model number 45

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.27879, 41.09127

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Nne-Trending Fault; E-W-Trending Fault

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Strike NW-SE
    Dip 30 NE
    Thickness 0.76M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE OCCURS AS LENSES IN NARROW VEINS VARYING IN WIDTH FROM A FEW INCHES TO 2 1/2 FT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Donnelly District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 609.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • 8 ADITS AND LATERAL WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, W. O., 1938, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN HUMBOLDT CO., NEV; U.S.B.M. INF. CIRC. 6995

  • Deposit

    JONES, R. B., 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION, 7-5-84

  • Production

    VANDERBURG, W. O.; 1938

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GROUP OF SIX UNPATENTED CLAIMS AND ONE FRACTION. IT IS DEVELOPED BY 8 ADITS AND LATERAL WORKINGS TOTALLING ABOUT 2,000 FT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1981 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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