Mustard #1 Claim

Occurrence in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, 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. 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. Ownership information
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047439
MRDS ID M242741
Record type Site
Current site name Mustard #1 Claim
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 2622
Related records 10222497

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.73181, 41.62766 (WGS84)
Elevation 1753

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 08 NW OF NE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • N SIDE SPRING CANYON ON HILL SIDE . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Minor Silicification

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2622 OF BRECCIATED, IRON OXIDE-STAINED WHITE QUARTZ, CEMENTED BY CLEAR QUARTZ WITH LIMONITE AND HEMATITE COATINGS CONTAINS 7% FE, 0.02% MG, 0.05 % CA, 0.1 % TI, 1000 PPM MN, 100 PPM AG, 7000 PPM AS, 1.2 PPM AU (BY AA ANALYSIS), 30 PPM B, 100 PPM BA, 15 PPM BI, 10 PPM CR, 100 PPM CU, 15 PPM NI, 5000 PPM PB, 100 PPM SB, 15 PPM V, 300 PPM ZN, 100 PPM ZR.

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.73181, 41.62766

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zone, N 10-50 E.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Steve Woodward Of Orovada (1974 Claim Notice)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • OLD SHAFT, CUT, ABOUT 50 FT DEEP.

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 59, PL. I.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3-4 FT WIDE SHEARED FE OX-STAINED WHITE QUARTZ VEIN IN PHYLLITE, PAPER SHALE; WALL ROCK DISPLAYS ONLY MINOR SILICIFICATION. MASSIVE QUARTZ VEIN FOLLOWS N 50-80 E STRIKE AND IS CUT BY N 10-50 E SHEAR ZONE. MAIN WORKINGS FOLLOW A ZONE OF SMALL QUARTZ VEINS THAT STRIKE N 60 W. CLOTS OF DARK BROWN FLUFFY HEMATITE-LIMONITE GOSSAN IN VEIN.

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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