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Little Dude Claims

Occurrence in Pershing 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. 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 10047316
MRDS ID M242599
Record type Site
Current site name Little Dude Claims
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 2934
Related records 10174508

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.85266, 40.55072 (WGS84)
Elevation 1665

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Juniper Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eugene Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 031N 028E 16 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • THIS LOCATION HAS BEEN CALLED THE SAGE HEN, BUT QUADE DOES NOT THINK IT FITS THE DESCRIPTION OF THE SAGE HEN, WHICH HE PLACES FARTHER WEST . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2934 WAS CHIPPED FROM EXPOSED VEINS

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
    Rock unit name Auld Lang Syne Group
    Rock description Auld Lang Syne Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.85266, 40.55072
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 25 W
    Dip 20 E

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Farrell District; Stone House District; Seven Troughs District (Northern Part)

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW INCLINE, ADIT AND PROSPECTS, INCLUDING TRENCHING AND DOZERCUTS

Comments on development

  • INACTIVE IN 1985 WHEN EXAMINED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 6 JUN 85, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS; ORAL COMMUNICATION

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, NBMG BULL 89, PL 1.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MOST OF THE WORKINGS ARE ON QUARTZ VEINS IN SHEARS WITHIN PHYLLITE-SCHIST IN AN AREA SURROUNDED BY TERTIARY SEDIMENTS. WORKINGS ARE 0.25-0.5 MILE FROM THE RANGE FRONT ON A FAN. MOST OF THE WORKINGS BEAR N 25 W AND DIP CLOSE TO 70 E.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-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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