Sample Site 1393

Occurrence in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Copper, Barium-Barite, Silver, Antimony, Zinc
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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046460
MRDS ID M241626
Record type Site
Current site name Sample Site 1393
Related records 10246682

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.59334, 37.96579 (WGS84)
Elevation 2207

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Highland Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(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
Mount Diablo 001N 066E 08 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Antimony Critical Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue
Barite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation, Silicification

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 1393 CONTAINS 500 PPM MN, 500 PPM AG, 2000 PPM AS GREATER THAN 5000 PPM BA, 100 PPM CD, 1000 PPM CU, 70 PPM MO, 20000 PPM PB, 5000 PPM SR, GREATER THAN 10000 PPM ZN.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Highland Peak
    Rock description Highland Peak

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fractures

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N50W
    Dip 45 NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracturing, Crushing

Comments on the geologic information

  • OUTCROPS OF THE INTRUSIVE OCCUR SOUTH OF WORKINGS, ON RIDGE CREST.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Highland District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 7.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • VERTICAL SHAFT, 25 FT DEEP, UNCOLLARED, MINOR WORKINGS IN VICINITY

Comments on development

  • PROBABLY WORKED IN 1880'S

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, P. AND BENTZ, 1983 FIELD EXAMINATION ON SEPT 16, 1983

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEINS ASSOCIATED WITH INTRUSIVE, WHICH IS COMPOSED OF CRYSTALLINE QUARTZ INTERGROWN WITH CALCITE, DISCREET BARITE LATHS AND SIDERITE AND CARRIED CRYSTALLINE PYRITE AND GALENA. LATER INFUSIONS OF SILICA; INTERGROWN DRUSY QUARTZ CRYSTALS WITH CERUSSITE. HEMATITE, MALACHITE AND CHRYSOCOLLA COAT EXPOSED SURFACES AND OCCUR AS INCLUSIONS IN THE LATE-STAGE QUARTZ CRYSTALS. THE DIKE IS HIGHLY FRACTURED AND CRUSHED. LIMESTONE CARRIES OXIDIZED SEDIMENTARY PYRITE CRYSTALS. MN OZ STAINS ON EXPOSED SURFACES. ORE IS SLIGHTLY GOSSANY. A YELLOW-GREEN CRUSTY MATERIAL (ANGLESITE?) COATS SURFACES (POSSIBLY SB OXIDE AS A RESULT OF ALTERATION OF TETRAHEDRITE.)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1984 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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