Huber Hills/Granite Ridge

Occurrence in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodity Molybdenum
Sections on this page
  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 10045510
MRDS ID M233273
Record type Site
Current site name Huber Hills/Granite Ridge

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.93149, 41.83796 (WGS84)
Relative position 2.5 MILES EAST OF MOUNTAIN CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mountain City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jarbidge Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wells(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Owyhee(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 046N 054E 29;32 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • HEAD OF SCHLAG DRAW

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 80
USGS model code 21b
Deposit model name Porphyry Mo, low-F

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Mountain City Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Mountain City Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Mountain City Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Mountain City Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.93149, 41.83796

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, DISSEMINATED

Comments on the geologic information

  • MOLYBDENITE OCCURS IN QUARTZ/PYRITE VEINS ON GRANITE RIDGE AND HUBER HILL ALSO OCCURS DISSEMINATED IN THE QUARTZ MONZONITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mountain City

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE ADIT, DRILLING, AND BULLDOZING

Comments on development

  • EXPLORATORY DRILLING AND BULLDOZING HAVE BEEN DONE FOR MOLYBDENUM

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MOLYBDENITE OCCURS IN QUARTZ/PYRITE VEINS AND ALSO DISSEMINATED IN QUARTZ MONZONITE
Deposit AT HEAD OF SCHLAG DRAW, DRILLING AND BULLDOZING HAS BEEN DONE EXPLORING FOR MOLYBDENITE. ONE ADIT PRESENT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Taylor, J. K. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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