B and D No1

Occurrence in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Tungsten, Uranium
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047509
MRDS ID M242869
Record type Site
Current site name B and D No1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.70018, 41.69848 (WGS84)
Elevation 2448

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Duffer Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denio(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vya(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Thousand-Virgin(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(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 044N 029E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • JUST OFF JEEP TRAIL LEADING TO BLUE LAKE FROM THEODORE BASIN. . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Uranium Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 42
USGS model code 14a
Deposit model name W skarn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.70018, 41.69848

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Igneous Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Dyke Canyon District; Varyville District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. Stephen And George Hougland
    Home office P.O. Box 790, Winnemucca
    First year 1974

Comments on development

  • LOCATED 6 JUN 1955; WITHIN PROPOSED BLUE LAKE PRIMITIVE AREA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BENNETT, REB E., 1974, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE BLUE LAKE PROPOSED PRIMITIVE AREA, HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG MINING DISTRICT FILE 144, ITEM 2.

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG BULL. 59, PL. 1.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CLAIMANTS CONTEND PRESENCE OF SCHEELITE, URANIUM, AND OTHER METALS ALONG CONTACT ZONE. A SMALL CRYSTALLINE UNIT OCCURS WITHIN BOUNDARIES OF CLAIM, BUT NO TACTITE DEVELOPMENT SEEN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-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

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.