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Platinum - Palladium Occurrence

Occurrence in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodities Platinum, Palladium, Gold
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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. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046554
MRDS ID M241736
Record type Site
Current site name Platinum - Palladium Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.16195, 38.85717 (WGS84)
Elevation 2057
Relative position 4 MI WEST OF UTAH BORDER IN THE SOUTHERN SNAKE RANGE. 35 MI SOUTHEAST OF ELY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Arch Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Garrison(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hamlin-Snake Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 011N 070E 06 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN HUMBOLDT NATIONAL FOREST. SAMPLES TAKEN JUST UPSTREAM OF CONFLUENCE OF LEXINGTON AND SOUTH FORK OF LEXINGTON CREEKS. INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Platinum Critical Primary
Palladium Critical Primary
Gold Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PLATINUM WAS REPORTEDLY SEEN IN SAMPLES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result USBM #49 ASSAYED 0.15 OZ/TON AU (5.1 PPM), 0.02 OZ/TON PT (690 PPB), 0.054 OZ/TON PD (1.9 PPM)
Result USBM #50 HAD 0.026 OZ/TON PT (890 PPB), 0.017 OZ/TON PD (580 PPB).

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.16195, 38.85717
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STREAM CHANNEL

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Source Is Unknown And No Likely Source Rocks Were Noted Upstream From The Samples

Comments on the geologic information

  • ALLUVIUM DRAINS PALEOZOIC CARBONATE ROCKS AND MESOZOIC GRANITIC ROCKS. AREA CONTAINS THE W MINE, WHICH IS A SKARN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lexington (Lexington Canyon, Shoshone) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • GEOCHEMICAL SAMPLING ONLY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWN, S.D., 1983, MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF THE HIGHLAND RIDGE ROADLESS AREA, WHITE PINE COUNTY, NEVADA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 68-83, P. 87.

  • Deposit

    SMITH, R.M., 1976, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE COUNTY, NEVADA: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 85, PART II, P. 56-57.

  • Deposit

    WHITEBREAD, D.H., AND BROWN, S.D., 1984, HIGHLAND ROADLESS AREA, NEVADA, IN MARSH, S.P., KROPSCHOT, S.J., AND DICKINSON, R.G., EDS., WILDERNESS MINERAL POTENTIAL, ASSESSMENT OF MINERAL-RESOURCE POTENTIAL IN U.S. FOREST SERVICE LANDS STUDIED 1964-1984: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1300, P. 768-770.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL SMALL SPECKS OF PLATINUM-PALLADIUM WERE SEEN IN TWO STREAM PANNED-CONCENTRATE SAMPLES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1983 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-JUN-1991 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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