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M. H. Claims

Occurrence in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Copper
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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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095896
MRDS ID RE00002
Record type Site
Current site name M. H. Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.71848, 39.87073 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Carson Sink SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson Sink(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(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 Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 23N 29E 10 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Skarn

Analytical data

Result NBMG SAMPLE #2592 YIELDED 1500 PPM MN, 150 PPM AG, 2000 PPM B, 2000 PPM BA, 150 PPM BI, 3000 PPM CU, 1000 PPM PB, 5000 PPM SB, 30 PPM SN, 1000 PPM ZN. REFERENCE: NBMG UNPUB. SEMI-QUANTITATIVE SPECTROGRAPH ANALYSIS.

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 Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Skarn (Tactite)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.71848, 39.87073
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30E
    Dip 65SE
    Width 0.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Calcite Veins

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZ-CALCITE VEIN (N50W) CONTAINING ABUNDANT PYRITE, SPARSE CHALCOPYRITE AND POSSIBLY TETRAHEDRITE CUTTING MARBLE AND SKARN, NBMG SAMPLE #2592

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mopung Hills

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Utah International, Inc.
    First year 1983
    Last year 1984

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW SHAFT, PITS

Comments on development

  • DRILL HOLES DRILLED OVER KM-SQUARE AREA, PRESUMABLY ATTEMPTING TO DEVELOP DISSEMINATED AU MINERALIZATION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    M. H. CLAIMS: MOPUNG HILLS MINING DISTRICT: CHURCHILL COUNTY, NBMG UNPUBLISHED (TINGLEY) MINING DISTRICT FILES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FIELD NOTES FROM H. F. BONHAM (NBMG), 7/19/85 ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1990 Skurski, M. (Marcus, Sue) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1991 Moyer, Lorre A. (Marcus, S.M.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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