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Vent Claim Prospect

Occurrence in Pershing 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. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047524
MRDS ID M242885
Record type Site
Current site name Vent Claim Prospect
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 1479

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.76543, 40.24406 (WGS84)
Elevation 1720

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lowry Well(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Granite Springs Valley(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 027N 029E 06 NE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 0.2 MILE NE OF VELVET GOLD MINE. . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Argillization

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 1479 OF SILICIFIED RHYOLITE TUFF BRECCIA WITH CHALCEDONIC SILICA MATRIX AND SPOTS OF FINE-GRAINED GRAY SULFIDES CONTAINS 3 % FE, 0.1 % MG, 0.07 % CA, 0.15 % TI, 200 PPM MN, 1.5 PPM AG, 300 PPM AS, 15 PPM B, 2000 PPM BA, 1 PPM BE, 15 PPM CU, 15 PPM MO, 5 PPM NI, 50 PPM PB, 100 PPM SB, 5 PPM SC, 100 PPM SR, 10 PPM V, 20 PPM Y, 150 PPM ZR, AND 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 Associated
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Volcanic Ash
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Volcanic Ash
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.76543, 40.24406
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Cross-Structure N40-50e

Ore body information

  • Strike N20W
    Dip 70 NE
    Width 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • N20w, 70 Ne Structure

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Velvet District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT SHAFT, SHORT ADIT.

Comments on development

  • NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1984, BUT NEW "VENT CLAIM" POST HAS BEEN UP RECENTLY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

  • Deposit

    JOGNSON, M.G., 1977, NBMG BULLETIN 89, PL. 1.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 4-5 FT WIDE ZONE OF SILICIFICATION ALONG N20W, 70 NE STRUCTURE IN ARGILLIZED ASH-FLOW TUFF WITH IRON OXIDE STAINING. CROSS-STRUCTURE TRENDS N40-50E.

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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