| Deposit ID | 10072140 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W016386 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Rawhide Deposit |
| Alternate or previous names | Denton-Rawhide, Rawhide Group, Rawhide Gold Mine, Nevada New Mines, Balloon Hill, Murray Hill, Crazy Hill, Grutt Hill, NBMG Sample Sites 3311 and 3312. This Record Has Been Merged With, Records #D0040 and #M242956 and Includes Information From Them. |
| Related records | 10125681, 10198182, 10310397 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.38624, 39.01408 (WGS84) |
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| Elevation | 1570 |
| Relative position | 37 MILES S-SE OF THE TOWN OF FALLON, SOUTH END OF SAND SPRING RANGE, 4 MILES SO. OF CHURCHILL COUNTY BOUNDARY. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Mineral(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Rawhide(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Fallon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Gabbs Valley(hydrologic unit)
Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)
Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Mineral |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 13N | 32E | 04,05,08,09,16,17 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Tungsten Critical | Tertiary |
| Selenium | Tertiary |
| Mercury | Tertiary |
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Barium-Barite Critical | Tertiary |
| Antimony Critical | Tertiary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Chlorine | Tertiary |
| Bromine | Tertiary |
| Aluminum Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Acanthite | Ore |
| Argentite | Ore |
| Cerargyrite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Copper | Ore |
| Covellite | Ore |
| Electrum | Ore |
| Embolite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Proustite | Ore |
| Pyrargyrite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Tetrahedrite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Chalcedony | Gangue |
| Chert | Gangue |
| Goethite | Gangue |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Jarosite | Gangue |
| Kaolin | Gangue |
| Pyrrhotite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Alunite | Unknown |
| Result | AG:AU AVG. 10:1 IN THE OXIDE AND SULFIDE ZONES AND GENERALLY INCREASES WITH DISTANCE FROM ORE. AS RANGES FROM >400 PPM TO 2000 PPM AND IS GENERALLY THE BEST PATHFINDER ELEMENT. HG RANGES FROM >40 PPB TO >200 PPB. 43 ANALYSES FROM CRAZY HILL ORE ZONE INDICATE THAT THE SB CONTENT OF THE CRAZY HILL ORE ZONE IS LOW AND DOES NOT EXCEED 10 PPM. TYPICAL RANGES FOR BASE METAL ABUNDANCE ARE AS FOLLOWS: ZN, 10-150 PPM |
|---|---|
| Result | PB, 10-100 PPM |
| Result | CU, 1-25 PPM |
| Result | MO, GENERALLY <10 PPM WITH OCCASIONAL VALUES UP TO 80 PPM. |
| Model code | 150 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 25c |
| Deposit model name | Epithermal vein, Comstock |
| Mark3 model number | 16 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||
| Rock unit name | Pre-Esmeralda Volcanic Rocks | ||
| Rock description | Pre-Esmeralda Volcanic Rocks | ||
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| (1) | -118.38624, 39.01408 |
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| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Walker Lane And Basin And Range. Large Caldera System Along The Ne Marn Of The Nw Trending Walker Lane Structural Zone. The Miocene Rawhide Volcanic Center Is 6.5 By 12km (4 X 7.5 Mi.) In Area. |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | See Comments |
| General form | IRREGULAR LENSES, VEINS, POD-TYPE ORE ZONES |
|---|---|
| Strike | N30W-N30E |
| Dip | SW TO NW |
| Length | 2438.4M |
| Width | 365.76M |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1906 |
| Year of first production | 1907 |
| Production years | 1907-1920; 1990 - PRESENT (4/92) |
| District name | Regent District |
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| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
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| Type | Joint Venture Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Kennecott Joint Venture : |
| First year | 1988 |
| Type | Joint Venture Partner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Kennecott |
| Interest | 51 |
| First year | 1988 |
| Type | Joint Venture Partner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Kiewit Mining Group Inc. |
| Interest | 24.5 |
| First year | 1988 |
| Type | Joint Venture Partner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Plexus Resources Corp. |
| Interest | 24.5 |
| First year | 1988 |
| Type | Joint Venture Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Kennecott Rawhide Mining Co. |
| First year | 1988 |
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
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| Estimate year | 1986 | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 10929000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
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| Estimate year | 1986 | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 6802000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Estimate year | 1989 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type | Milling | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Estimate year | 1989 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type | Leaching | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Estimate year | 1989 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
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| Estimate year | 1990 | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 416000000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 243.84M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W016386 |
ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 58. PP. 83-84.
VANDERBURG, 1937, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; USBM IC 6941. PP. 58-64.
LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA; NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO.
MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS, NOTES ON RAWHIDE, NEVADA; MARCH 28, 1908
BATES, JAMES A., NOV. 1967, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE RAWHIDE LODE-PLACER DEPOSITS IN MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA.
ARCHIBALD, N.L., 1966, INDUSTRIAL MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG REPORT 14. P 30.
BONHAM, H.F. 1988, NBMG M1-1987. BONHAM, H.F. 1986, NBMG MAP 91. BONHAM, H.F., 1986 NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS NBMG MINING DISTRICT FILE #206. NUMEROUS PRESS CLIPPINGS 1986-1987.
PLEXUS RESOURCE CORP. 1986, RAWHIDE GOLD MINE REPORT.
BLACK, JOHN E., 1988, MINERALIZATION AND WALLROCK ALTERATION AT THE RAWHIDE GOLD-SILVER DEPOSIT MINERAL CO., MASTER'S THESIS, STANFORD UNIVERSITY.
BLACK, JOHN E., ET AL., 1991, GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION AT THE RAWHIDE AU-AG DEPOSIT, MINERAL COUNTY, NV IN RAINES, G.L., ET AL, EDS., GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GREAT BASIN, THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEVADA, RENO, P. 1123-1144.
NBMG, 1991, THE NEVADA MINERAL INDUSTRY-1990, NBMG SPECIAL PUBLICATION MI-1990, P.16 AND 23.
MINING JOURNAL/ MONTAGU MINING FINANCE, MININDATABASE, 8/10/91.
NBMG, 1994, MI-1993
NEVADA DIVISION OF MINERALS, 1994
THE MINING RECORD APRIL 28,1993
1906 DIREXPL VARIOUS MINING WORKS 1937 VANDERBURG, WILLIAM O., RECON OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MINERAL CO., NV.: USBM: I.C. 6941
1908-1935 PRODUCTION FIGURES: VANDERBURG, 1937, P. 60-61 PAY DIRT, 1986 1990 PRODUCTION FIGURES: NBMG, 1991, THE NEVADA MINERAL INDUSTRY - 1990, NBMG SPECIAL PUBLICATION MI-1990. NBMG MI-1993
PLEXUS, 1986. NBMG MI-1993
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | QUARTZ VEINS AND LODES IN KAOLINIZED RHYOLITE. DISSEMINATED AND STOCKWORK ORE (VEINLETS THAT APPEAR TO FOLLOW INCIPIENT FISSURES), AS WELL AS SPORADIC ORE BODIES ASSOCIATED WITH ABUNDANT BRECCIA, PHREATOMAGMATIC AND PHREATIC, WITH STRONG SILICIFICATION BORDERED BY ARGILLIC ZONE. SHALLOW HOT SPRING ENVIRONMENT WITH ABUNDANT HYDROFRACTURING. OXIDIZED ZONE UP TO A FEW HUNDRED FEET DEEP IN VENT AREAS IS UNDERLAIN BY A SULFIDE ZONE. THE CHIEF ORE MINERALS IN THE OXIDIZED ZONE ARE CERARGYRITE, PYRITE, NATIVE SILVER, NATIVE GOLD, AND ELECTRUM. IN SULFIDE ZONES - ARGENTITE, PROUSTITE, PYARGYRITE, PYRITE, GOLD AND ELECTRUM. THE GANGUE MINERALS RESULTING FROM HYDROTHERMAL REPLACEMENT ARE ADULARIA, JAROSITE, KAOLIN, PYRITE, PYRRHOTITE, QUARTZ, AND CALCITE. SOME AU AND AG RECOVERED BY DRY WASH PLACER METHOD SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF RAWHIDE. THE MAIN BELT OF MINERALIZATION OCCURS ALONG BALLOON, MURRAY AND GRUTT HILLS IN THIS ZONE, BODIES OF GOOD GRADE MILLING ORE ARE 5 TO 30 FEET WIDE. SOME AU |
| Deposit | AND AG RECOVERED BY DRY WASH PLACER METHOD SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF RAWHIDE. THE MAIN BELT OF MINERALIZATION OCCURS ALONG BALLOON, MURRAY AND GRUTT HILLS. IN THIS ZONE BODIES OF GOOD GRADE MILLING ORE ARE 5 TO 30 FEET WIDE. SPORADIC ORE BODIES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH BRECCIATION OF THE ROCK. PARTICULARLY IN GRUTT AND MURRAY HILL MANY OF THE VEINS TREND NORTH TO NE. ALL EXPT 2 OF THE VEINS DIP STEEPLY WEST. BULK MINEABLE ORE OCCURS PRIMARILY IN INTENSELY FRACTURED ANDESITE ALONG THE HANGING WALL OF THE RHYOLITE INTRUSION AND IS CHARACTERIZED BY ABUNDANT, CLOSELY SPACED, SHEETED TO STOCKWORK QUARTZ-ADULARIA VEINS. ORE ALSO OCCURS IN ZONES OF PRIMARY PERMEABILITY IN POROUS LITHIC TUFFS AND VOLCANICLASTIC SEDIMENTS, WHERE IT IS FINELY DISSEMINATED AND IS ACCOMPANIED BY PERVASIVE SILICIFICATION AND ADULARIZATION WITH MINOR OR NO ASSOCIATED VEINS. SEVERAL SEPARATE POD-LIKE ORE ZONES OCCUR WITHIN A NW-TRENDING AREA 2440 M LONG AND 400 M WIDE. INDIVIDUAL ORE ZONES ARE IRREGULAR IN GEOMETRY BUT |
| Deposit | TYPICALLY ARE ELONGATE TO THE NW WITH LOCAL NE-TRENDING APOPHYSES. MINERALIZED VEINS STRIKE N TO NE, AN ORIENTATION TRANSVERSE TO THE OVERALL TREND OF THE OREBODIES. |
| Deposit | PROPERTIES IN THE VICINITY OF TOWN OF RAWHIDE INCLUDE: MORNING STAR, RAWHIDE VICTOR, SEMINOLE-REGENT, MASCOT, BULLSKIN MOUNTAIN 1, SILVER ZONE, BETHANIA, BLACK EAGLE, POOR BOY, WASH VEIN, GOLD REEF, ROYAL, FLYNN, AND NEVADA NEW MINES. TWO MILLS ERECTED IN DISTRICT IN 1909 CALLED THE TADMOR AND CANNON BALL MILLS, AND OPERATED ONLY A SHORT TIME. THE LARGEST HOLDINGS IN THE DISTRICT WERE OWNED BY THE SCHEELINE ESTATE (17 1/2 PATENTED CLAIMS), AND THE GRUTT BROTHERS (19 CLAIMS). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1975 | Hall, Robert B. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JAN-1976 | Weeks, Robert | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-AUG-1978 | Starrritt, Bruce C. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-MAY-1981 | Royse, Sue E. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-NOV-1988 | La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-AUG-1991 | Moyer, Lorre A. (Marcus, S.M.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-APR-1992 | Phinisey, J. D. (Marcus, S.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-SEP-1994 | Li, Zhiping (Moyer, Lorre A.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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