| Deposit ID | 10045045 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M232699 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Davis-Hicks Prospect |
| Alternate or previous names | Scossa Prospect, Great Northern Claims, Big Wind |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.62041, 41.38628 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1682 |
| Relative position | 30 MILES N. OF WINNEMUCCA |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Humboldt(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Paradise Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Osgood Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Little 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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Humboldt |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 041N | 039E | 31 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Tungsten Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Model code | 42 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 14a |
| Deposit model name | W skarn |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||
| |||||||
| (1) | -117.62041, 41.38628 |
|---|
| Thickness | 1.22M |
|---|---|
| Length | 30.48M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Shon District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Year | 1944 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Material | W | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^Avg 1.0 Percent Wo3 | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Year | 1944 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1944 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | ORE W | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^Over 1 % Wo3 | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M232699 |
1979 MILS DATA
WILLDEN, R., GEOLOGIC MAP OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA; 1964; NBMG, BULL. 59, PL. 1.
STAGER, H.K. AND TINGLEY J.V., IN PREPARATION, NBMG BULL ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.
NBMG BULL., STAGER H.K. (IN PREP. JAN.1984)
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SCHEELITE-BEARING TACTITE OCCURS IN TWO BEDS IN THE WINNEMUCCA FORMATION NEAR A CONTACT WITH GRANITE. THE BEDS ARE 1400 FT APART, AVERAGE ABOUT 4 FT THICK, TRACEABLE ON SURFACE FOR ABOUT 100 FT. AVERAGE GRADE OF EXPOSED ORE IN 1944 WAS 0.75 % WO3. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-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 |
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