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P-3 Claims #56

Occurrence in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodity Mercury
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047454
MRDS ID M242763
Record type Site
Current site name P-3 Claims #56
Alternate or previous names May Cover Little Mike and Little Mike Extension. Nbmg Sample Sites, 2454 and 2455
Related records 10246878

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.44653, 41.38767 (WGS84)
Elevation 1433

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Little Poverty(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Osgood Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 041N 040E 34 SE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM IS FOR SAMPLE SITE 2454. UTM FOR SAMPLE SITE 2455 IS N4583000,E 463950. . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2454 OF QUARTZ VEIN CONTAINS 1.5% FE, 0.15% TI, 70 PPM MN, 1.5 PPM AG, 1000 PPM AS, 0.2 PPM AU (BY AA ANALYSIS), 50 PPM B, 70 PPM BA, 10 PPM CR, 20 PPM CU, 30 PPM LA, 10 PPM NI, 15 PPM V, 100 PPM ZR, AND 1.7 LB/TON MG. SAMPLE 2455 OF QUARTZ VEIN MATERIAL IN OLD PROSPEC T PIT, CONTAINS 1.5% FE, 0.07% TI, 70 PPM MN, 30 PPM B, 150 PPM BA, 20 PPM CR, 10 PPM CU, 20 PPM LA, 20 PPM NI, 7 PPM SC, 70 PPM V, 70 PPM ZR , AND 1.4 LB/T HG.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 177
USGS model code 27a
Deposit model name Hot-spring Hg

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.44653, 41.38767
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 50 E
    Dip 73 NW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Poverty Peak District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner John D. Wood Of Winne Mucca, Nv
    First year 1985

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • EASTERN MOST WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN INCLINED SHAFT ABOUT 50 FT DEEP (OPEN, TRENDS N 65 W 48 DEGREES). ABOUT 200 FT WEST IS ANOTHER INCLINED SHAFT, OPEN, ABOUT 50 FT DEEP, TRENDING N 55 W 70 DEGREES. SMALL PIT BETWEEN THESE TWO SHAFTS. THESE WORKINGS ARE ON TOP OF A RIDGE. 2 MORE SHAFTS ABOUT 150 FT WEST OF THESE; ONE ON OR JUST OFF RIDGE LINE TO SOUTH AND ONE BELOW IT APPROXIMATELY 100 FT ON N. SIDE OF GULLY. UPPERMOST SHAFT ABOUT 30 FT DEEP; LOWER SHAFT ABOUT 50 + FT DEEP. 2 SMALLPITS AND A SHAFT ABOUT 25 FT DEEP NEXT TO ROAD.

Comments on development

  • CLAIMS STAKED JUNE 1984. OLDER WORKINGS PRESENT BEFORE THIS CLAIM GROUP WAS STAKED. NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1985

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JONE, R.B., 29 APR. 1985, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSES.

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

  • Deposit

    VOEGTLY, N.E., 1981, USGS OFR 81-134.

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG BULL 59.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WHITE FE-STAINED QUARTZ VEIN ABOUT 1 FT WIDE. OTHER WORKINGS ALSOON QUARTZ VEINS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-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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