| Deposit ID | 10047367 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M242655 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Red Boy Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | NBMG Sample Site 2248 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.52266, 41.21377 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1935 |
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)
Upper 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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Humboldt |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 039N | 031E | 32 | NE OF NE | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Cadmium | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Result | SAMPLE 2248, GRAB OF DUMP CONTAINING SILICEOUS VEIN MATERIAL WITH SPHALERITE, GALENA, PYRITE, LIMESTONE FRAGMENTS, CONTAINS 5% FE, 0.2% MG, 0.05% CA, 0.2% TI, 500 PPM MN, 200 PPM AG, 3000 PPM AS, 1 PPM AU (AA ANALYSIS), 200 PPM B, 200 PPM BA, 1PPM BE, 20 PPM BI, +500 PPM CD, 15 PPM CO, 20 PPM CR, 1000 PPM CU, 30 PPM MO, 15 PPM NI, 15000 PPM PB, 100 PPM SB, 7 PPM SC, 100 PPM V, 15 PPM Y, +1000 PPM ZN, 50 PPM ZR. |
|---|
| Model code | 184 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 28a |
| Deposit model name | Massive sulfide, kuroko |
| Mark3 model number | 93 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock |
| Rock unit name | Happy Creek Volcanic Series |
| Rock description | Happy Creek Volcanic Series |
| (1) | -118.52266, 41.21377 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Ne-Trending Faults |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Jackson Mountains District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M242655 |
JONES, R.B., 21 AUG 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS
NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.
WILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG BULL 59, PL. I.
| 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 |
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