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Upper Wheel Barrow Mine

Occurrence in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Arsenic, Antimony
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047278
MRDS ID M242555
Record type Site
Current site name Upper Wheel Barrow Mine
Alternate or previous names Excalaber Claim, NBMG Sample Site 2638
Related records 10295514

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.1232, 40.85878 (WGS84)
Elevation 1710

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cosgrave(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eugene Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 035N 034E 35 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching Of Wallrock Near Vein

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2638 OF BRECCIATED, MILKY QUARTZ VEIN CONTAINS 2% FE, 0.03% MG, 0.05% CA, 0.015% TI, 100 PPM MN, 500 PPM AG, 7000 PPM AS, 100 PPM B, 150 PPM CD, 300 PPM CU, 3000 PPM PB, 1000 PPM SB, 2000 PPM ZN. AA ANALYSIS ALSO SHOWS 2.6 PPM AU.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Auld Lang Syne Group
    Rock description Auld Lang Syne Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.1232, 40.85878
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 60 E
    Dip 55 NW?
    Thickness 0.15M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1984
Discoverer Staked By Jim Adkins, Of Winnemucca, 9/5/84

Mining district

District name Mill City District; Central District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Jim Adkins Of Winnemucca Nevada, 9/5/84

Comments on the workings information

  • OLD ADITS. MAIN WORKINGS ARE IN THE CANYON TO THE SOUTHWEST. THESE APPARENT WORKINGS ARE ON THE VEIN OUTCROPS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J.V., 1984, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT, 9/21/84

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG BULL 59.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEINS, MILKY WHITE, FEOXIDE-STAINED. VEIN CENTERS ARE VUGGY WITH LARGE QUARTZ CRYSTALS IN VUGS. LARGEST DUMP HAS GALENA AND SPHALERITE CLOTS IN VEIN FRAGMENTS. NEAR VEIN, WALLROCK IS BLEACHED AND LACED WITH FE OXIDES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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