| Deposit ID | 10047404 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M242700 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Red Hammer Prospect |
| Alternate or previous names | NBMG Sample Site 2858, Red Hammer Claims |
| Geographic coordinates: | -119.22906, 40.03961 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1900 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pershing(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Sage Hen Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Kumiva Peak(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Pershing |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 025N | 024E | 13 | NE | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Tungsten Critical | Primary |
| Molybdenum | Secondary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Manganese Critical | Secondary |
| Vanadium Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Result | SAMPLE 2858 OF GARNETIFEROUS TACTITE CONTAINS 10% FE, 0.7% MG, 20% CA, 0.3% TI, +5000 PPM MN, 3 PPM AG, 500 PPM AS, 0.05 PPM AU (BY AA ANALYSIS), 700 PPM B, 100 PPM BA, 30 PPM BI, 20 PPM CO, 15 PPM CR, 1500 PPM CU, 150 PPM MO, 15 PPM NI, 200 PPM PB, 10 PPM SC, 500 PPM SR, 1000 PPM V, 300 PPM W, 30 PPM Y, 50 PPM ZR. |
|---|
| Model code | 42 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 14a |
| Deposit model name | W skarn |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock |
| Rock unit name | Auld Lang Syne Group |
| Rock description | Auld Lang Syne Group |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| (1) | -119.22906, 40.03961 |
|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1925 |
| District name | Nightingale District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M242700 |
QUADE, JACK, 17 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.
JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, NBMG BULL 89, PL-I.
NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | WORKINGS ARE ALONG A HIGHLY IRREGULAR CONTACT ZONE WHICH HAS BEEN EXPOSED BETWEEN METASEDIMENTS (MOSTLY LIMESTONES) AND THE GRANODIORITE. SAMPLE 2858 IS FROM THE BIGGEST OPEN PIT AND CONSISTS OF A ZONE SMALL GARNETIFEROUS ZONE WITH MINOR TUNGSTEN, COPPER AND ILSEMANNITE (MOLYBDENUM) |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1920'S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-1986 | 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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