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Spider and Wasp Prospect

Occurrence in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold
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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. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047715
MRDS ID M243140
Record type Site
Current site name Spider and Wasp Prospect
Alternate or previous names Spider, Wasp, Long Nel, Patented Claims, NBMG Sample Sites 3905, 3906.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.10568, 39.47852 (WGS84)
Elevation 1433

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wonder Mountain(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 019N 034E 25,36 S2 (25); N2 OF N2 (36) Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • WEST AND SOUTH OF VICTOR SITE ON TOPO MAP; EAST OF DICKEY PEAK UTM IS TO SAMPLE SITE 3906 ON SPIDER PATENT. SAMPLE 3905 ON THE WASP PATENT HAS UTM N 4370300, E 404800 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Strong Argillization; Silicification

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 3905 CONTAINS 0.7% FE, 0.03% MG, 0.07% TI, 30 PPM MN, 3000 PPM AG, 10 PPM AU, (8.6 PPM AU BY A A ANALYSIS)
Result 300 PPM BA, 1 PPM BE, 20 PPM CU, 100 PPM MO, 150 PPM PB, 150 PPM SB, 10 PPM V, 30 PPM ZR. SAMPLE 3906 CONTAINS 0.3% FE, 0.03% MG, 0.07% TI, 30 PPM MN, 2000 PPM AG, 300 PPM BA, 1.5 PPM BE, 20 PPM CU, 20 PPM MO, 100 PPM PB, 30 PPM ZR, AND 2.1 PPM AU (BY A A 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 Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Ash-Flow Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.10568, 39.47852
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Wonder District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Brown, Archie B. And Julia A.
    Home office P.O. Box 196, Cave Junction, Or 97523
    First year 1986

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT SHAFT PROSPECTS

Comments on development

  • M.S. #3064, SURVEYED IN 1907, PATENTED IN 1908, AT WHICH TIME IT WAS OWNED BY THE SPIDER-WASP MINING CO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C., 1947, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON CARSON SINK AREA.

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK AND TINGLEY, J.V., 25 SEP 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT AND SAMPLE ANALYSES

  • Deposit

    CHURCHILL COUNTY RECORDER AND ASSESSOR'S OFFICE, RECORDS.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS, GOUGE ZONES

Reporter information

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

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