NBMG Sample Site 2250

Occurrence in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Manganese, Vanadium
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. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047361
MRDS ID M242649
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 2250

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.56209, 40.27767 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Poker Brown Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(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 038N 030E 12 NW OF NW OF NW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = LOVELOCK 1:250000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillic

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2250, GRAB OF ARGILLICALLY ALTERED VOLCANIC ROCK, CONTAINS 15% FE, 0.2% MG, 0.15% CA, 1% TI, 1000 PPM MN, 200 PPM B, 300 PPM BA, 70 PPM CO, 20 PPM CU, 10 PPM NI, 15 PPM SC, 300 PPM V, 30 PPM Y, 100 PPM ZR.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 156
USGS model code 25g
Deposit model name Epithermal Mn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Happy Creek Volcanic Series
    Rock description Happy Creek Volcanic Series

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.56209, 40.27767

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Jackson Mountains District

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

  • Deposit

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

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.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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