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Gold-Silver Prospects

Occurrence in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  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 10047510
MRDS ID M242870
Record type Site
Current site name Gold-Silver Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.68295, 41.70543 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438

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

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Iron Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result ONE SAMPLE FROM NORTHERNMOST OF THE PROSPECTS ASSAYED A TRACE AU AND 1.22 OZ/T AG. ANOTHER SAMPLE OF SILICIFIED VEIN MATERIAL FROM PROSPECT A FEW HUNDRED METERS SE ASSAYED NO GOLD, 0.36 0Z/T AG.

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 > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.68295, 41.70543
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

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

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO PROPSPECT PITS AND A TRENCH PLUS OTHER PROSPECT PITS IN SURROUNDING AREA ALONG SLOPE TO THE SE.

Comments on development

  • WITHIN BLUE LAKE PROPOSED PRIMITIVE AREA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BENNETT, REB, E., 1974, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE BLUE LAKE PROPOSED PRIMITIVE AREA.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SILICIFIED LIMONITIC MATERIAL AT NORTHERNMOST PROSPECTS. AT SE PROSPECT, IS A 3-IN WIDE FAULT ZONE AND SILICIFIED LIMONITIC VEIN IN METASILTSTONE.

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

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