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Radiator Hill

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Antimony
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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. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045109
MRDS ID M232774
Record type Site
Current site name Radiator Hill
Alternate or previous names Radiator Group
Related records 10149433

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.59015, 41.82349 (WGS84)
Elevation 1920
Relative position 60 MILES NORTH OF WINNEMUCCA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buckskin Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Quinn River Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 046N 039E 33 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON RADIATOR HILL 1/4 MILE SW OF NATIONAL

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Stibnite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Analytical data

Result TRACE OF GOLD
Result 12 OZ/TON AG

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.59015, 41.82349
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N10S-N17E
    Dip 90-STEEPE

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN CONSISTS OF STRINGERS OF COMB QUARTZ WITH RADIAL STIBNITE ALONG WALLSAND TETRAHEDRITE SPECKS IN THE QUARTZ

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1911

Mining district

District name National Distirct

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • UNKNOWN AMOUNT

Comments on development

  • REPORTED IN 1922 THAT THE PROPERTY "WAS BEING DEVELOPED UNDER BOND BY SEATTLE CAPITALISTS"

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., 1915, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE NATIONAL MINING DISTRICT, NEV: U.S.G.S. BULL 601

  • Deposit

    LAWRENCE, E. F., 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 61

  • Deposit

    CUTLER, H. C., 1910, MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS, VOL. 101, P. 606-607.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN ON SURFACE 300 FT. ALONG STRIKE.
Deposit VEINS HERE WERE DISCOVERED PRIOR TO 1911. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1981 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-FEB-1986 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey

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