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Stone House Canyon Mine

Prospect in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047330
MRDS ID M242615
Record type Site
Current site name Stone House Canyon Mine
Alternate or previous names Glitra Claim, Midas Well Claim, NBMG Sample Sites 1487, 2814
Related records 10222688

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.78155, 40.51906 (WGS84)
Elevation 1950

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)

Granite Springs Valley(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 25 SE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM IS FOR SAMPLE SITE 1487 ON SADDLE ABOVE CREEK. UTM OF SAMPLE SITE 2814 IN CREEK IS N 4486780, E 349190 . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Alunite Gangue
Iron Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Kaolinization Of Granodiorite Near Contact With Rhyolite

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 1487 OF VEIN MATERIAL CONTAINS 1% FE, 0.3% MG, 0.05% CA, 0.02% TI, 50 PPM MN, 300 PPM AG, 100 PPM AU, 30 PPM B, 300 PPM BA, 2 PPM BE, 10 PPM CR, 5 PPM CU, 10 PPM NI, 100 PPM SR, 15 PPM V. SAMPLE 2814 OF VEIN MATERIAL FROM BENCHES AND ADIT CONTAINS 1.5% FE, 0.2% MG, 0.05% CA, 0.03% TI, 100 PPM MN, 1 PPM AG, 150 PPM B, 1000 PPM BA, 2 PPM BE, 10 PPM CR, 10 PPM CU, 7 PPM MO, 10 PPM NI, 10 PPM PB, 30 PPM V, AND 0.15 PPM AU (AA ANALYSIS).

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.78155, 40.51906
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 05 E
    Dip 60 E
    Length 152.4M
    Width 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Boundary Of Rhyolite And Granodiorite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Farrell District; Stone House District; Northern Part Of Seven Troughs District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Saga Exploration Winnemucca, Nv.
    First year 1984

Comments on the workings information

  • CAVED ADIT AT CREEK LEVEL, BENCHES OF DOZER CUTS ON SOUTH SIDE OF CANYON, DRILL HOLES ALONG VEIN TREND, 2 CABINS IN GOOD SHAPE AND AN EXCELLENT SPRING. ADIT BEARS N 15 W, 45 W

Comments on development

  • AREA STAKED 4 JUN 84 BY SAGA EXPLORATION OF WINNEMUCCA, NV

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OBSERVATION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MASSIVE WHITE CHALCEDONIC QUARTZ VEINS WHICH OCCUR NEAR THE BOUNDARY OF A RHYOLITE DIKE OR PLUG AND GRANODIORITE. GRANODIORITE IS HIGHLY FE OCIDE STAINED AND KAOLINIZED AT THE CONTACT QUARTZ DISPLAYS COCKSCOMB STRUCTURE, AREAS OF QUARTZ AFTER CALCITE. MASSIVE VEIN 2-3 FT WIDE AT SAMPLE SITE 1487 TRENDS N 5 E DIPS 60 E; VEIN IS IN ONE WALL OF A 100-150-FT WIDE RHYOLITE DIKE. WHITE QUARTZ PARALLELS THE WALLS OF THE DIKE, WITH SOME FINE-GRAINED PYRITE IN BANDS IN THE QUARTZ.

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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