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Piri #3 Claim

Past Producer in Douglas county in Nevada, United States with commodity Tungsten
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10050796
MRDS ID N000134
Record type Site
Current site name Piri #3 Claim
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site #4300

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.42431, 38.6038 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Douglas(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Risue Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

West Walker(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Douglas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 9N 23E 32 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.42431, 38.6038
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE CONTACT ZONE HAS A SMALL AMOUNT OF SKARN EXPOSED WITH SOME VISIBLE SCHEELITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Wellington

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bill Kohlngous, John Locke

Comments on the workings information

  • A SHAFT AND ADIT.

Comments on development

  • PRODUCTION UNKNOWN BUT THE PRESENCE OF A LOADING SHOOT INDICATES THERE MAY HAVE BEEN SOME.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PIRI #3 CLAIM, WELLINGTON DISTRICT, DOUGLAS COUNTY, QUADE, JACK SAMPLE SITE #4300 VISIT, 7/10/89, NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WORKINGS FOLLOW THE N70E IRREGULAR STRIKE BETWEEN META-SEDIMENTS AND DIORITE.
Deposit VERY POOR ROAD WITH THE LAST MILE IN A NARROW STREAM CHANNEL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1989 Quade, Jack Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-DEC-1991 Moyer, Lorre A. (Marcus, S.M.) U.S. Geological Survey

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