Gr Claims

Prospect in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047313
MRDS ID M242596
Record type Site
Current site name Gr Claims
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 2901
Related records 10198327

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.51929, 40.77072 (WGS84)
Elevation 1920

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Adelaide(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 034N;033N 040E;040E 31;06 S2 (31); N2 (06) Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 1.5 KM SOUTH OF CUMBERLAND MINE . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2901 IS A GRAB OF DRILL CUTTINGS FROM GROUND AROUND ONE ABANDONED DRILL HOLE, AND CONTAINS 7% FE, 5% MG, 3% CA, 0.5% TI, 2000 PPM MN, 100 PPM B, 700 PPM BA, 2 PPM BE, 20 PPM CO, 100 PPM CR, 100 PPM CU, 50 PPM LA, 5 PPM MO, 50 PPM NI, 50 PPM PB, 15 PPM SC, 100 PPM SR, 200 PPM V, 30 PPM Y, 500 PPM ZN, 150 PPM ZR.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 72
USGS model code 19a
Deposit model name Polymetallic replacement
Mark3 model number 47

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Preble
    Rock description Preble
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.51929, 40.77072

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gold Run District; Adelaide District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Exxon Corp.
    First year 1984

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL KM OF DRILL ROADS; SEVERAL ROTARY DRILL HOLES

Comments on development

  • RECENT DRILLING SOUTH OF THE ADELAIDE MINING AREA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L. J., 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION, 30 SEP 84, AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG BULL 59.

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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