G.S. and I Claim

Occurrence in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Arsenic
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. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  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 10047437
MRDS ID M242739
Record type Site
Current site name G.S. and I Claim
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 2624
Related records 10149791

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.72848, 41.63432 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

White Rock Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Quinn River Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(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

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 043N 038E 05 SW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Marcasite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2624 OF WHITE VEIN QUARTZ WITH CLOTS AND STRINGERS OF PYRITE-MARCASITE, A SILVERY SULFIDE, POSSIBLE ARSENO PYRITE, VUGGY WITH CLEAR QUARTZ CRYSTALS LINING VUGS, CONTAINS 15% FE, 0.02% MG, 0.1% TI, 100 PPM MN, 30 PPM AG, +10000 PPM AS, 70 PPM B, 20 PPM BA, 7 PPM CO, 100 PPM CU, 30 PPM NI, 100 PPM PB, 10 PPM V, 200 PPM ZR, AND 2.1 PPM AU (BY AA ANALYSIS).

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.72848, 41.63432

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
    Strike N 30 E
    Dip 50 NW TO 90

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Foliation Of Wallrock

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rebel Creek District; New Gold Fields District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT, LARGE DUMP, OLD MILL FOUNDATION

Comments on development

  • NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1984.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J.V., 19 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND 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 WHITE QUARTZ VEIN, 10-15 FT WIDE FOLLOWS FOLIATION IN SHALEY HORNFELS WALLROCK. AT PORTAL OF ADIT VEIN AND WALLROCK ROLL TO VERTICAL DIP. VEIN APPEARS TO BE VERY IRREGULAR ALONG STRIKE TO THE SW WITH FINGERS OF QUARTZ LACING FOOTWALL OF MAIN VEIN. VEIN FRAGMENTS ON DUMP VERY HEAVY WITH SULFIDES, OXIDIZED TO POROUS GOSSAN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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