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Granite Point

Occurrence in Pershing 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094248
MRDS ID D001226
Record type Site
Current site name Granite Point
Related records 10222226

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.57654, 40.10184 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Relative position LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 8 MILES SOUTH OF LOVELOCK AND 200 YARDS WEST OF COUNTY ROAD. FIVE MILES NORTHEAST OF TOULON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Granite Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 026N 030E 23 SE OF SW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON SOUTHEAST FLANK OF GRANITE POINT IN TRINITY RANGE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 42
USGS model code 14a
Deposit model name W skarn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.57654, 40.10184
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • SCHEELITE IN SLATE, ARGILLITE AND QUARTZ NEAR CONTACT WITH GRANODIORITE. SCHEELITE OCCURS WITH HORNBLENDE, GARNET AND MICA 1 TO 5 INCHES FROM APLITE SILL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gold Butte District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • CLAIM CONSISTS OF A TRENCH AND 2 SHORT (<20 FEET) ADITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D. M. AND TWETO, O. L., 1962, TUNGSTEN: USGS MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS RESOURCES: USGS MAP MR-25.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITSF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89.

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY - NORTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWEST UTAH - SUMMARY OF GEOLOGIC SURVEY 1955-1961, VOL. 1; SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., SAN FRANCISCO; PG 32.

  • Deposit

    HESS, F.L. AND LARSEN, E.S., 1921, CONTACT-METAMORPHIC TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE U.S.; USGS BULL 725-D, PG 291.

  • Deposit

    STAGER, H. K. AND TINGLEY, J. V., 1988, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN NEVADANBMG BULL. 105, PG 159.

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J.V., 1980, GRANITE POINT DRAFT MRDS REPORT, UNPUBLISHED DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit UPDATED FROM M06295 WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED
Deposit APLITE SILL IN LIMEY SHALE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1974 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD
Updater 01-OCT-1980 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-APR-1993 Phinisey, J. D. (Marcus, S.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1993 Humphries, S. E. (Marcus, S.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 09-JUN-1995 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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