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Granite Mountain Drill Site 101

Occurrence in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Molybdenum, Silver, Manganese
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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. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047378
MRDS ID M242667
Record type Site
Current site name Granite Mountain Drill Site 101
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 2332

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.77846, 40.29546 (WGS84)
Elevation 2030

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Granite Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fish Creek Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 028N 037E 14 NE OF SE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON SLOPE OF RIDGE EAST OF EASTERNMOST FORK OF SAY CANYON . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Primary
Silver Secondary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Clay Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Pervasive Potassium Metasomatism; Weak Propylitic Alteration

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2332 CONSISTS OF CORE CHIPS AND FINELY GROUND ROCK FROM A DIAMOND DRILL HOLE, PROBABLY HOLE 101 OF BOWES (1982). THE SAMPLE MAY BE CONTAMINATED BY DRILLING FLUID, SURFACE ROCK MATTER, ETC., AS IT WAS COLLECTED FROM AROUND THE DRILL PAD. IT CONTAINS 10% FE, 3% MG, 7% CA, 1% TI, 3000 PPM MN, 2 PPM AG, 70 PPM B, 5000 PPM BA, 2 PPM BE, 20 PPM CO, 150 PPM CR, 1500 PPM CU, 200 PPM LA, 700 PPM MO, 70 PPM NI, 150 PPM PB, 20 PPM SC, 20 PPM SN, 2000 PPM SR, 200 PPM V, 50 PPM Y, 200 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 > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.77846, 40.29546
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Major Structural Boundary In Upper Mantle Extending E-W

Ore body information

  • General form DISSEMINATED

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Intersection Of Deep-Seated Fracture Zones Trending N-S, E-W, Nw-Se, And Ne-Sw

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1975
Discoverer W.A. Bowes Inc.

Mining district

District name Kennedy District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS DRILL ROADS AND DRILL HOLES

Comments on development

  • NO ACTIVITY IN 1984

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOWES, W.A.; KUTINA, JAN; FREDRIKSSON, KURT; GOLIGHTLY, D.W., 1982: GLOBAL TECTONICS AND METALLOGENY, VOL. 1, NO. 4. P. 402-439.

  • Deposit

    JUMAS, A.P., 1982; GLOBAL TECTONICS AND METALLOGENY, VOL. 1, NO. 4, P. 356-372.

  • Deposit

    THURBER, J.E., 1982, PETROLOGY AND CU-MO MINMERALIZATION OF THE KENNEDY STOCK, EASTRANGE, PERSHING CO., NV: M.S. THESIS, COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY, FORT COLLINS.

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., 13 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    USGS, 1980, USGS OFR 80-715.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MOLYBDENITE, PYRITE AND CHALCO PYRITE WERE NOTED IN DRILL CORE CHIPS FROM THIS DRILL HOLE. PROPERTY IS REPORTED TO CONTAIN CU. MO MINERALIZATION IN GRANODIORITE, CORE CHIPS APPEAR TO BE MORE SILICIC THAN GRANODIORITE.
Deposit Discovery Year: MID-1970'S

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

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