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NBMG Sample Site 2970

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodity Tungsten
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047296
MRDS ID M242576
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 2970

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.64434, 41.72015 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Relative position ABOUT A MILE EAST OF THE ADAMS MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Duffer Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denio(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vya(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Quinn(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(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 044N 030E 05 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ACCESSIBLE BY POOR UNIMPROVED ROAD FROM EITHER THE EAST OR WEST . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2970 OF GREENSTONE AND CALCSILICATE AT THE PROSPECTS CONTAINS 15% FE, 1% MG, 10% CA, 1% TI, 1000 PPM MN, 70 PPM BA, 15 PPM CO, 50 PPM CR, 10 PPM CU, 7 PPM MO, 20 PPM NI, 20 PPM SC, 10 PPM SN, 700 PPM SR, 200 PPM V, 50 PPM Y, 100 PPM ZR.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 42
USGS model code 14a
Deposit model name W skarn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.64434, 41.72015
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Igneous Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Varyville District; Pine Forest District; Florence District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • DOZER CUTS, PROSPECTS, SMALL HOMESTEAD CABIN AND TRAILER AT BOTTOM OF HILL AND APPARENTLY USED AS PART OF THE OPERATION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 1984, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS, 9-30-84-

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG BULL 59.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONTACT ZONE BETWEEN METASEDIMENTS AND GRANODIORITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-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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