Trinity Silver Prospect

Prospect in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodity Silver
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. 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. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047547
MRDS ID M242910
Record type Site
Current site name Trinity Silver Prospect
Alternate or previous names Seka Claims, NBMG Sample Site 3282, U.S. Borax Prospect
Related records 10310378

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.61127, 40.39656 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Natchez Spring(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 029N 030E 09,10 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Iron Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 3282 OF "OXIDE ORE"

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 Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.61127, 40.39656

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zones; Breccia Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Trinity District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Borax And Chemical Co.
    First year 1987

Comments on the workings information

  • DRILL ROADS, DRILL SITES, ACCESS ROADS

Comments on development

  • DRILLING IN PROGRESS IN 1987, BY U.S. BORAX

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, NBMG BULL 89, PL. 1.

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J.V., 1987, UNPUBLISHED DATA FROM REPORT ON KUMIVA PEAK 1:100000 MAP AREA

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J.V. AND BONHAM, H.F.,JR., 1987, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BRECCIA ZONES ASSOCIATED WITH RHYOLITE INTRUSIVES WHICH CUT RHYOLITE FLOWS AND METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS. PYRITE AND SILVER SULFIDES ARE DISSEMINATED IN RHYOLITE AND OCCUR AS FRACTURE COATINGS WITH QUARTZ IN THE BRECCIA ZONES; OUTCROP OF ZONE IS OXIDIZED; FRACTURES ARE COATED WITH ORANGE BROWN LIMONITE, BOTRYOIDAL MN OXIDES; VUGS IN THE BRECCIA ARE FILLED WITH LIMONITE AND CLEAR, ACICULAR QUARTZ CRYSTALS. OXIDE ORE ZONE IN SECTION 9 APPEARS TO FOLLOW A NE TREND. THE REPORTED SULFIDE ZONE IN SEC. 10 IS EXPOSED ALONG A NARROW DRAINAGE THAT EXTENDS SOUTH FROM WILLOW CANYON. METASEDIMENTARY ROCK OUTCROPS LIMIT THE EXTENT OF THE DISSEMINATED, RHYOLITE-HOSTED ORE ZONE TO THE NE AND EAST.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1988 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 06-NOV-1992 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey CHECKED AND MODIFIED ROCK TYPE, ROCK UNIT AND AGES FIELDS.
Editor 01-SEP-1994 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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