Br Claims

Occurrence in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Lead
Sections on this page
  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 10047304
MRDS ID M242585
Record type Site
Current site name Br Claims
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 2311

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.40985, 40.93711 (WGS84)
Elevation 1545
Relative position ABOUT 0.6 MILE NORTH OF 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)

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 041E 06 CENTER OF W2 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2311, A GRAB OF QUARTZITE AND VEIN MATTER FROM TRENCH, CONTAINS 3% FE 0.07% MG, 1% CA, 0.1% TI, 150 PPM MN, 7 PPM AG, 50 PPM B, 700 PPM BA, 1 PPM BE, 30 PPM CO, 100 PPM CR, 7000 PPM CU, 15 PPM NO, 50 PPM NI, 1000 PPM PB, 5 PPM SC, 200 PPM SR, 100 PPM V, 30 PPM Y, 500 PPM ZN, 50 PPM ZR.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Preble;Edna Mountain
    Rock description Preble;Edna Mountain

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.40985, 40.93711

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike E-W
    Dip STEEP

Controls for ore emplacement

  • E-W High Angle Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Golconda District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL BULLDOZER CUT/TRENCH

Comments on development

  • INACTIVE IN 1984

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., 1984, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION, 24 JUL 84, AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    USGS, 1974, MAP GQ-1174

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CU OXIDE AND MN OXIDE MINERALS OCCUR IN QUARTZITE AND SPARSE QUARTZ VEIN MATTER AT A MINOR PROSPECT. PYRITE WAS NOTED IN SOME SAMPLES. THE CU MINERAL IS CHRYSOCOLLA. THE PROSPECT IS SHOWN ON MAP GQ-1174 ON AN E-W HIGH ANGLE FAULT SEPARATING PREBLE FM FROM EDNA MOUNTAIN FM. A YELLOW-GREEN ENCRUSTATION MAY BE AN ARSENATE. PROSPECTS 0.5 KM TO NORTH ON TOPO MAP ARE APPARENTLY FOR LOCATION WORK ONLY, (GOLCONDA NO. 3 CLAIM).

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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