| Deposit ID | 10045036 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M232688 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Columbia Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Black Rock Group, Blue Rock Group, NBMG Sample Site 2962 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.80351, 41.51654 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1414 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Humboldt(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
New York Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Denio(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Vya(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower Quinn(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Humboldt |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 042N | 028E | 31,32 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Arsenic Critical | Secondary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Antimony Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Stibnite | Ore |
| Result | AVG. GRADE IS 1 OZ AU AND 3 OZ AG. SAMPLE 2962 SELECTED FROM DUMPS AND PROSPECTS CONTAINS +20 % FE, 0.03 % MG, 0.15 % CA, 0.02 % TI, 50 PPM MN, 150 PPM AG, +10000 PPM AS, 100 PPM B, 70 PPM BA, 200 PPM BI, 70 PPM CO, 5000 PPM CU, 10 PPM NI, 100 PPM PB, 500 PPM SB, 100 PPM SR, 50 PPM V, AND 15 PPM AU, BY AA ANALYSIS. |
|---|
| Model code | 273 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 36a |
| Deposit model name | Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
| Mark3 model number | 27 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate |
| (1) | -118.80351, 41.51654 |
|---|
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | E-W |
| Dip | 70N |
| Thickness | 1.52M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1875 |
| Discoverer | Verry; (Clyde Garrett In 1914) |
| Year of first production | 1875 |
| District name | Varyville (Columbia) District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Columbia Mines Co.,Inc |
| First year | 1937 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Columbia Mines Co., Inc. |
| First year | 1937 |
| Year | 1937 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | To 1937 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | ORE AV AG | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^Ave. 1 Oz/Ton Au, Also As, Cu | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 304.8M |
| Overall depth | 30.48M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M232688 |
VANDERBURG, W.O., 1938, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN HUMBOLDT, COUNTY, NEVADA; USBM INF. CIRC. 6993.
WILLDEN, R, 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG, BULL. 59.
LAWRENCE, E.F.,1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA; NBMG, BULL. 61.
QUADE, JACK, 28 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS. #5. NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.
WILLDEN,R., 1964
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | WORKINGS ARE IN AND ALONG SHEARS IN DARK SLATE WHICH IS BADLY BROKEN AND IS CLOSE TO THE CONTACT WITH GRANITIC INTRUSIVES. MINERALIZATION INCLUDES ARGENOPYRITE AND POSSIBLE PB/AG MINERALS. THE WORKINGS AT THIS MINE ARE THE MOST EXTENSIVE IN THE DISTRICT BUT ARE OLD AND BADLY CAVED.; MODEL NAME COULD ALSO BE: POLYMETALLIC VEINS. |
| Deposit | THE DISTRICT WAS FIRST DISCOVERED BY A MAN NAMED VERRY, AND IT WAS ORGANIZED AS THE COLUMBIA DISTRICT IN 1875. THE FIRST ORES WERE WORKED IN AN ARRASTRA, AND IN THE LATE 1870'S, 2 STAMP MILLS WERE ERECTED TO TREAT ORE FROM THE BADGER AND INDEPENDENCE MINES; EACH MILL HAD 5 STAMPS AND AN AMALGAMATION PAN. A SMALL TONNAGE OF ORE WAS TREATED BEFORE THE DISTRICT DECLINED. GOLD WAS DISCOVERED HERE IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE DISTRICT BY CLYDE GARRETT IN 1914. THE CLAIMS WERE ACQUIRED BY COLUMBIA MINES CO., INC IN 1937 AND THEY PRODUCED SEVERAL HUNDRED TONS OF SHIPPING ORE PER MONTH UP TO MID-1937. THEIR GROUP OF SIX UNPATENTED CLAIMS IS DEVELOPED BY A 100-FT. VERTICAL SHAFT. A 200-FT. ADIT, AND OTHER WORKINGS TOTALLING ABOUT 1000 FT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1981 | La Pointe, D.D. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-MAY-1987 | La Pointe, D.D. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-SEP-1994 | Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.