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G U B Claims

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047469
MRDS ID M242824
Record type Site
Current site name G U B Claims
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 2604
Related records 10198113

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.46541, 41.59322 (WGS84)
Elevation 1920

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Spring City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Quinn River Valley(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

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 040E 21 SE OF NE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • EAST SIDE OF DRY CREEK. . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Iron Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2604 OF MASSIVE WHITE VEIN QUARTZ WITH SULFIDES CONTAINS 2 % FE, 0.02 % MG, 0.02 % TI, 15 PPM MN, 10 PPM AG, 10000 PPM AS, 20 PPM B, 500 PPM BA, 10 PPM CO, 100 PPM CU, 10 PPM MO, 10 PPM NI, 300 PPM PB, 100 PPM SB, 70 PPM V, 0.05 PPM AU (BY AA ANALYSIS).

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.46541, 41.59322
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N70W
    Dip 40NE
    Width 6.1M
  • General form TABULAR
    Dip 40NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vein Follows Cleavage Planes Of Wallrock.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Spring City District; Paradise Valley District; Mount Rose District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Houston International Minerals Corp.
    Last year 1980

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW INCLINE ON VEIN.

Comments on development

  • OLD SHALLOW INCLINE; NEW CLAIM POSTS (1984).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J. V., 5 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG BULL 59, PL. I.

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, W. O., 1938, USBM IC 6995, P. 38-39.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MASSIVE WHITE QUARTZ VEIN IN PHYLLITE, KNOTTED SCHIST; VEIN 3-4 FT THICK IN OUTCROP, FOLLOWING CLEAVAGE PLANES OF WALLROCK. VEIN IS BRECCIATED WITH LATE GENERATION OF CLEAR, BLUE-WHITE QUARTZ CEMENT. SOME VUGS IN VEIN WITH LARGE CLEAR QUARTZ CRYSTALS; VEIN HAS STREAKS OF WALLROCK INCLUSIONS. VEIN BRANCHES, PINCHES AND SWELLS, MAXIMUM 15-20 FT THICK, SOME FE OXIDE STAIN, SULFIDE CAST, WITH SOME SILVERY-COLORED FINE-GRAINED SULFIDE PRESENT; POSSIBLY ARSENOPYRITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1987 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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