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Past Producer in Washoe county in Nevada, United States with commodity 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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10050811
MRDS ID N000183
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site #3331

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.88379, 39.60128 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Verdi(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Honey-Eagle Lakes(hydrologic unit)

North Lahontan(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

California(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 Washoe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
20N 19E 18 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.88379, 39.60128
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • IRON OXIDE MINERALS AND VERY SPARSE GREEN OXIDE COPPER MINERALS OCCUR AS FRACTURE COATINGS ON SLIGHTLY ARGILLIZED TO FRESH MESOZOIC GRANODIORITE. NEARBY ALTERATION OCCURS IN TERTIARY ROCKS. THE AGE AND TYPE OF MINERALIZATION HERE ARE UNKNOWN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Peavine

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUTS.

Comments on development

  • WITHIN THE LAST 10 (?) YEARS A SMALL ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO VAT LEACH MINERALIZED ROCK FROM THE OPEN CUTS, PRESUMABLY WITH CYANIDE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNKNOWN, PEAVINE DISTRICT, WASHOE COUNTY, GARSIDE, L.J., SAMPLE SITE VISIT, 8/9/85, NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SAMPLE #3331 IS OF SELECT AND GRAB GRANODIORITE WITH IRON AND COPPER OXIDE MINERALS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1985 Garside, L. J. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-DEC-1991 Moyer, Lorre A. (Marcus, S.M.) U.S. Geological Survey

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