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Tes and Sas Claims

Occurrence in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodity Molybdenum
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047692
MRDS ID M243116
Record type Site
Current site name Tes and Sas Claims
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Sites 3915, 3916

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.3554, 39.21658 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chukar Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fallon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016N 032E 26 SE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM IS FOR SAMPLE SITE 3915. UTM FOR SAMPLE SITE 3916 IS N 4341500, E 383080 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 3915 CONTAINS 0.5% FE, 0.02% MG, 0.05% CA, 0.03% TI, 10 PPM MN, 70 PPM BA, 7 PPM CU, 30 PPM LA, AND 15 PPM V. SAMPLE 3916 CONTAINS 1% FE, 0.15% MG, 0.05% CA, 0.2% TI, 70 PPM MN, 700 PPM BA, 70 PPM MO, 70 PPM V, 100 PPM ZR.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.3554, 39.21658
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Slickensides Along Vein

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 15.24M
    Length 546.8M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sand Springs District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • MINOR PROSPECTS

Comments on development

  • MINOR PROSPECTING IN PAST FOR UNKNOWN COMMODITIES; NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1986.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 16 OCT 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSES.

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 83, 1974, PL. 1.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SAMPLE 3915 WAS CHIPPED FROM A 40 TO 50 FT THICK WHITE BULL QUARTZ VEIN THAT OUTCROPS FOR A DISTANCE OF SEVERAL HUNDRED YARDS IN AREA OF TES CLAIM. SAMPLE 3916 CAME FROM AN OUTCROP ON THE SAS CLAIM, OF QUARTZ NEAR A CONTACT WITH A RHYOLITE INTRUSIVE. THIS VEIN IS VUGGY AND STRONGLY IRON-STAINED WITH NUMEROUS SLICKEN SIDES BEARING N 60 W WITH IRREGULAR DIP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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