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Bullion Prospect

Past Producer in Churchill 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045354
MRDS ID M233061
Record type Site
Current site name Bullion Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.71208, 39.08408 (WGS84)
Elevation 1539
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT A MILE SW OF TERRELL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Terrill Mountains(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fallon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gabbs Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 014N 029E 11,14 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN COMET GULCH

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Specularite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 156
USGS model code 25g
Deposit model name Epithermal Mn

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.71208, 39.08408
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Dip GENTLY N
    Thickness 7.62M
    Length 1206.98M
    Width 15.24M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 7.62M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1918
Year of first production 1918

Mining district

District name Holy Cross (Terrell) District

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE WAS PRODUCED IN 1918 AND RAN 10% MN.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1947
    Total resources 45000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Manganese Mn 5 wt-pct Manganese Major 1947

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 1.83M

Comments on development

  • 3 CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C., 1947, USGS OFR

  • Reserve-Resource

    SCHRADER, F.C., 1947

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 50-FT WIDE MN-OXIDE BEARING SHEAR-ZONE LONG; EXTENDED IK FT DEEP 300FT X 8' ORE BODY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-81 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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