| Deposit ID | 10046523 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M241695 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | New Tempiute Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | NBMG Sample Sites 1452, 1453, 1454. |
| Related records | 10125114 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -115.62893, 37.63079 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2225 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Lincoln(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Tempiute Mountain North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Timpahute Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Sand Spring-Tikaboo Valleys(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Lincoln |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 004S | 057E | 06 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Tungsten Critical | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Bismuth Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bismuthinite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Fluorite | Ore |
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Iron | Gangue |
| Nontronite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Siderite | Gangue |
| Tremolite | Gangue |
| Wollastonite | Gangue |
| Result | SAMPLES 1452, 1453, 1454 CONTAIN 15-20% FE, 3000-GREATER THAN 5000 PPM MN, 0-1 PPM AG, 0-200 PPM AS 0-1000 PPM BA, 0-150 PPM CO, 100-200 PPM CU, 0-300 PPM MO, 0-70 PPM NI, 10-100 PPM PB, 0-300 PPM SR, 20-150 PPM V, 50-10,000 PPM W, 700-GREATER THAN 10,000 PPM ZN. |
|---|
| Model code | 42 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 14a |
| Deposit model name | W skarn |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale > Black Shale |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| (1) | -115.62893, 37.63079 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Intersecting High-And Low-Angle Faults Striking Nw And Sw, Exposed On Face Of The Open Pit; Shearing Parallel To Bedding |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1916 |
| District name | Tempiute District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Union Carbide |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Union Carbide, Minerals Division |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M241695 |
SMITH, P. AND BENTZ, J., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT, OCT. 3, 1983.
TSCHANZ, E.H. AND PAMPEYAN, C.M., 1970, NBMG BULL. 73.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SKARN ZONE OF WHICH ONLY MINOR REMNANTS REMAIN EXPOSED ALONG 3-5 BENCHES. ON THE E AND W SIDES. TONGUES OF THE GRANITE BODY EXTEND INTO THE LIMESTONE UNIT AND ARE ARGILLICALLY ALTERED, BLEACHED, HEAVILY IRON-STAINED WITH LIMESTONE-HORNFELS ALONG THE CONTACT. SKARN MINERALS INCLUDE GARNET, PYRITE, BISMUTHINITE (?), PYRRHOTITE, CHALCOPYRITE, SPHALERITE, FLUORITE, CALCITE, AND WOLLASTONITE. THE IRON-RICH SULFIDES ARE ALTERED TO A GREENISH CLAYEY MATERIAL RESEMBLING NONTRONITE. WESTERN EDGE OF SKARN ZONE IS MORE GOSSANY; LIMONITE-STAINED, AND EXHIBITS A GREATER DEGREE OF HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION WITH MUCH SLAG-LIKE MATERIAL. A MASSIVE WHITE QUARTZ VEIN WITH ABUNDANT OPEN SPACES CARRYING OXIDIZED PYRITE GRAINS AND GHOSTS, CUTS BOTH THE LIMESTONE AND THE SKARN ZONE. VERY FINE TREMOLITE CRYSTALS ARE INTERGROWN IN THE LIMESTONE. MASSIVE (UP TO SEVERAL FEET WIDE) VEINS/CLOTS OF CRYSTALLINE CALCITE/SIDERITE/MANGANOSIDERITE OCCUR IN THE LIMESTONE. LOCALLY THE LIMESTONE IS SILICIFIED NEAR AND |
| Deposit | ADJACENT TO THE QUARTZ VEINS. WORKINGS EAST OF THE OPEN PIT NEAR THE SADDLE INCLUDE ANOTHER SMALL RATHER DEEP AND NARROW OPEN PIT WHICH EXCAVATED ORE ALONG THE CONTACT OF THE INTRUSIVE AND THE SKARN ZON |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1984 | La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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