Treasure Hill Claim #1417

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. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047724
MRDS ID M243150
Record type Site
Current site name Treasure Hill Claim #1417
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 3913, Red Bee #2 Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.08568, 39.49963 (WGS84)
Elevation 1372

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 019N 035E 19 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ACCESSIBLE BY POOR ROADS EAST OF DIXIE VALLEY ROAD ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification Of Host Rock & Volcanic Breccia

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 3913 FROM THE DUMP CONTAINED 2% FE, 0.03% MG, 3% CA, 0.2% TI, 30 PPM MN, 5 PPM AG, 500 PPM BA, 1 PPM BE, 30 PPM CU, 20 PPM MO, 20 PPM PB, 20 PPM V, 10 PPM Y, 50 PPM ZR.

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) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.08568, 39.49963

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zone

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 35 W
    Dip 65 NE

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 Mc Daniel, Richard A. And Sandra A.
    Home office 1121 Sommerset Lane, Newport Beach, Ca 92660
    First year 1986

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 22.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • SINGLE SHAFT ABOUT 75 FT DEEP.

Comments on development

  • NO ACTIVITY WHEN EXAMINED IN 1986; STAKED IN 1980; ASSESSMENT CURRENT (1986)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 26 SEP 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 83, 1974, PL 1.

  • Deposit

    USDI, BLM, MINING CLAIM RECORD.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WORKINGS WERE SUNK ON A SHEAR ZONE WHICH FOLLOWS A CONTACT ZONE BEARING N 35 W, 65 NE IN A VOLCANIC TUFF. SOME OF THE CONTACT ZONE CONSISTS OF A SILICIFIED VOLCANIC BRECCIA CONTAINING MINOR PYRITE.

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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