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Ben Claim

Occurrence in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Manganese, Barium-Barite
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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. 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 10047301
MRDS ID M242582
Record type Site
Current site name Ben Claim
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 494

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.4004, 40.87711 (WGS84)
Elevation 1600
Relative position ABOUT 3.0 AIRMILES S 05 W FROM GOLCONDA SUMMIT ON INTERSTATE 80

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Golconda(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle 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 041E 30 NE OF SE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 494, OF MN OXIDE MATERIAL FROM PIT DUMP CONTAINS 0.7% FE, 0.2% MG, 0.7% CA, 0.015% TI, +5000 PPM MN, 0.5 PPM AG, 70 PPM B, +5000 PPM BA, 1 PPM BE, 200 PPM CO, 10 PPM CR, 200 PPM CU, 200 PPM MO, 150 PPM NI, 100 PPM PB, 100 PPM SN, 700 PPM SR, 300 PPM V, 10 PPM Y, 10 PPM ZR.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 74
USGS model code 19b
Deposit model name Replacement Mn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Pumpernickel;Havallah
    Rock description Pumpernickel;Havallah
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.4004, 40.87711
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 2M
    Width 1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Golconda District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • A SHORT ADIT AND PROSPECT PIT; MORE PROSPECT PITS ON RIDGES TO THENORTH AND SOUTH SOME OF WHICH ARE NOT SHOWN ON THE TOPO MAPS

Comments on development

  • INACTIVE IN 1984

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., 1984, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION, 20 JUNE 1984, AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    USGS, 1974, MAP GQ-1174

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MN OXIDE MINERALS AND LESSER AMOUNTS OF WHITE VEIN QUARTZ OCCUR ASVEINLETS AND MASSIVE FRACTURE FILLING. THE MANGANESE AND QUARTZ ARE EPIGEMTIC, BUT THERE IS A TENDENCY FOR THE MASSIVE MATERIAL TO BE STRATABOUND. THE ENTIRE OUTCROP OF MINERALIZED ROCK IN THE PIT IS ABOUT 1 M BY 2 M.

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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