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Alaska Canyon Prospect

Occurrence in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Gold
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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. 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 10047351
MRDS ID M242638
Record type Site
Current site name Alaska Canyon Prospect
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 2241

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.556, 41.2471 (WGS84)
Elevation 1579

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

King Lear Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jackson Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vya(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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 039N 031E 18 SW OF SW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN ALASKA CANYON . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermal Alteration

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2241, CONTINUOUS CHIP 2.2 FT CONTAINS 3% FE, 0.2% MG, 7% CA, 0.5% TI, 500 PPM MN, 500 PPM B, 5000 PPM BA, 2 PPM BE, 7 PPM CO, 50 PPM CR, 30 PPM CU, 30 PPM NI, 15 PPM PB, 15 PPM SC, 1500 PPM SR, 150 PPM V, 30 PPM Y, 150 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 Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Jackson Mountains District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION AND SUBSEQUENT SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG BULL 59, PL. I.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHEAR ZONE IN FELSIC INTRUSIVE; HYDROTHERMALLY ALTERED, WITH SERICITE AND LIMONITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-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.

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