Treasure Hill Claim #1157

Occurrence in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold
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. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  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 10047719
MRDS ID M243145
Record type Site
Current site name Treasure Hill Claim #1157
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 3902, Wonder Central Group.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.10263, 39.4588 (WGS84)
Elevation 1500
Relative position 2 MILES SOUTH OF GEIGER-VICTOR ROAD

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)

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 018N 034E 01 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN RED TOP GULCH ON NORTH SIDE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Strong Argillization

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 3902 CONTAINED 1% FE, 0.03% MG, 0.15% CA, 0.2% TI, 15 PPM MN, 0.7 PPM AG, 15 PPM B, 1500 PPM BA, 1 PPM BE, 5 PPM MO, 5 PPM NI, 20 PPM PB, 5 PPM SC, 10 PPM V, 200 PPM ZR.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Wonder Rhyolite
    Rock description Wonder Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.10263, 39.4588

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

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 BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Robert Murphy, Silver Ventures II
    Home office 2018 Pico Blvd. Santa Monica, Ca 90405
    First year 1986

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL PROSPECT

Comments on development

  • STAKED ON JULY 23, 1979, ASSESSMENT WORK IS CURRENT (1986) BUT NO APPARENT ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1986

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 24 SEP 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 83, 1974, PL. 1.

  • Deposit

    USDI, BLM, MINING CLAIM RECORDS AND FILES.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL VEIN OCCUPIES A N-S TRENDING SHEAR ZONE CUTTING WONDER RHYOLITE. WALLROCKS DISPLAY STRONG ARGILLIC ALTERATION.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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