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O'Brien, Tucker and De La Vega Claim

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045124
MRDS ID M232791
Record type Site
Current site name O'Brien, Tucker and De La Vega Claim
Alternate or previous names Bluebird Claims, Prospector Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.39318, 40.75573 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Relative position 15 MILES S.S.E. OF GOLCONDA (LOCATION UNCERTAIN)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goldrun Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 033N;033N 041E;040E 05,06,07,08;34,33 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • W. SLOPE OF BUFFALO RANGE. PROBABLY NOT FAR FROM BLACK TOP AND BLACK HAWK PROSPECTS, WHOSE DESCRIPTIONS ARE SIMILAR, AND BOTH ARE LOCATED O-N BUFFALO MOUNTAIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Rhodonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Metamorphosed; Silicified

Analytical data

Result TO OVER 40% MN

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 74
USGS model code 19b
Deposit model name Replacement Mn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Havallah Formation
    Rock description Havallah Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.39318, 40.75573
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 12.19M
    Length 3218.6M
    Width 1609.3M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.COM: AT WEST END, MN-OXIDE VEINLETS OCCUR ALONG A LEDGE IN A 40-FT WIDE ZONE; ONE CLAIM HAS A 5-FT WIDE VEIN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Buffalo Mountain Mining Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1959
    Period To 1959
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^20% Mn And 40% Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Manganese Manganese 30wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, F.L. AND BURCHARD, 1920, CONTRIBUTIONS TO ONOMIC GEOLOGY, PT. I; U.S.G.S. BULL. 710, PLATE X, P. 240-241.

  • Deposit

    TRENGROVE, R.R., 1959, RECONNAISSANCE OF NEVADA MANGANESE DEPOSITS; U.S.B.M. REPT INV. 5446, P. 35-36

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1983, MILS DATA

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M. G., 1977, NBMG BULL 89, P.55

  • Production

    TRENGROVE, R.R., 1959.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MN-RICH AREAS DISTRIBUTED IN A 2 MILE-BY-ONE MILE AREA.
Deposit DEVELOPED BY SHALLOW PITS. MANGANIFEROUS OUTCROPS ARE DISTRIBUTED ALONG AN AREA A MILE WIDE AND 2 MILES LONG FROM E. TO W.PROBABLY NOT THE SAME AS BLACK DIABLO MINE, AS SUGGESTED BY JOHNSON IN NBMG BULL 89. THESE CLAIMS ARE LOCATED ON T-HE WEST SLOPE OF BUFFALO MOUNTAIN WITH ELEVATIONS RISING FROM -WEST TO EAST, WHILE BLACK DIABLO MINE IS ON THE EAST SLOPE OF -THE SONOMA RANGE ACROSS THE PUMPERNICKEL VALLEY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1981 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 06-NOV-1992 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey CHECKED AND MODIFIED ROCK TYPE, ROCK UNIT AND AGES FIELDS.
Updater 01-JAN-1994 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

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