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Geyser Ranch & Mill Site

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Tungsten, Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite, Molybdenum
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045926
MRDS ID M233823
Record type Site
Current site name Geyser Ranch & Mill Site
Alternate or previous names Geyser Mine, Gz Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.70502, 38.67134 (WGS84)
Elevation 2499
Relative position = 45 MILES SOUTH OF ELY AND 50 MILES NORTH OF PIOCHE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Grafton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Garrison(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dry Lake Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
009N 065E 5 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON EAST FLANK OF SCHELL CREEK RANGE NEAR HEAD OF MILL CREEK . ABOUT 4 MILES WEST OF THE GEYSER RANCH.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Silver Ore
Wolframite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 46
USGS model code 15a
Deposit model name W veins

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Prospect Mountain Quartzite
    Rock description Prospect Mountain Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.70502, 38.67134
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
    Strike N10W
    Dip 80W
    Width 0.46M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear N10w 80w

Comments on the geologic information

  • POST MINERALIZATION MOVEMENT ON THE FAULT. QUARTZ VEINS ALONG SHEAR AND PARALLEL SHEAR. ALTERATION IN BOXWORK OR STRINGER PATTERN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Patterson District; Patterson Pass District; Cave Valley District; Geyser Ranch District.

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Sam Bida And Leon Belaustegui

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS, 1 ADIT, OLD SHACH, BROKEN HEAD HOUSE. OLD MILLSITE BELOW WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • G Z CLAIMS LOCATED ON 5/6/81 NEARBY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TSCHANZ, C.M. AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF LINCOLN COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL 73, 187P

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECK BY SMITH/BENTZ, NBMG, 1981

  • Deposit

    STAGER, H. K., 1983, UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT ON TUNGSTEN IN NEVADA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 Molinari, Mark P. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-FEB-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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