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Willard Group North

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc
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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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103887
MRDS ID M060396
Record type Site
Current site name Willard Group North
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 2577
Related records 10295918

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.33709, 40.24851 (WGS84)
Elevation 1433
Relative position 8 MI. E OF LOVELOCK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Coal Canyon(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 028N 032E 25,26,35,36 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NORTH END OF W HUMBOLDT RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Galena Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sphalerite Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2577, DUMP GRAB, CONTAINS 0.7 % FE, 0.3 % MG, 2 % CA, 0.1 % TI, 150 PPM MN, 5 PPM AG, 500 PPM AS, 30 PPM B, 1500 PPM BA, 2 PPM BE, 50 PPM CR, 30 PPM CU, 7 PPM NI, 150 PPM PB, 30 PPM V, 15 PPM Y, 700 PPM ZN, 50 PPM ZR, AND 1.4 PPM AU, BY AA 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 Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.33709, 40.24851
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike N65E
    Dip 50-55NW

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE CONSISTED OF FREE-MILLING GOLD & SILVER IN COPPER-STAINED QUARTZ VEINS. ORE OCCURS IN CREVICES IN LIMESTONES AT AND NEAR THE CONTACT WITH THE UNDERLYING RHYOLITE. MINERALIZATION IS ALSO PRESENT IN BRECCIATED RHYOLITE CLOSE TO BASALT DIKES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1915

Mining district

District name Willard District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Santa Fe Minerals And Western States Mining
    First year 1985

Comments on the production information

  • LINE 8: INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 396.24M
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS TUNNELS, SHAFTS, ADITS AND SCATTERED WORKINGS. OPEN STOPES. DRILL ROADS AND DRILL SITES APPROX. 3-5 YEARS OLD (1985).

Comments on development

  • GOLD WAS FIRST DISCOVERED IN 1915; SOME SILVER & COPPER WERE PRODUCED BETWEEN 1905 AND 1912. UNTIL 1951, GOLD AND SILVER WERE MINED IN SMALL QUANTITIES. ONGOING EXPLORATION IN 1985, SAMPLING PROGRAM UNDER WAY, BY TOM RICH, GEOLOGIST WITH WESTERN STATES MINING WHO CURRENTLY HOLDS THE PROPERTY ALONG WITH SANTA FE MINERALS. PROPERTY HAS ALSO BEEN EXPLORED BY BEAR CREEK AND HOMESTAKE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULLETIN 89.

  • Deposit

    LINCOLN, 1923, MINING DISTRICTS & MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA; NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING COMPANY.

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, 1936, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; USBM IC 6902.

  • Deposit

    WEED, W.H., 1922, "THE MINES HANDBOOK", VOL. XV, TUCKAHOE, N.Y. #5. BONHAM, H.F., 16 JUL 85, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS. #6. NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A NETWORK OF QUARTZ VEINLETS CONTAINS ORE CONSISTING OF FREE-MILLING GOLD AND SILVER IN COPPER-STAINED QUARTZ VEINS. ORE OCCURS IN CREVICES IN LIMESTONES AT AND NEAR THE CONTACT WITH THE UNDERLYING RHYOLITE. MINERALIZATION IS ALSO PRESENT IN BRECCIATED RHYOLITE CLOSE TO BASALT DIKES. ZONE UP TO 2 M WIDE OF ANASTOMOSING QUARTZ AND CALCITE VEINLETS AND STRINGERS DIPS 50-55W. SOME HYDROTHERMAL BRECCIA WITH ABUNDANT PYRITE. LATE-STAGE GREEN FLUORITE AND VERY LATE BARITE. PYRITE WAS THE ONLY VISIBLE SULFIDE MINERAL.
Deposit THE WILLARD GROUP INCLUDES THE SHEEPHERDER (LARGEST PRODUCER), TREASURE HILL, AND NEVADA HONEY BEE MINES. GOLD WAS FIRST DISCOVERED AT THE SHEEPHERDER CLAIMS IN 1915, SOME SILVER & COPPER WERE PRODUCED FROM THE SAME AREA BETWEEN 1905 AND 1912. UNTIL 1951, GOLD AND SILVER WERE MINED IN SMALL QUANTITIES FROM CLAIMS IN THE WILLARD GROUP OF MINES. THE NETWORK OF QUARTZ VEINLETS WAS DEVELOPED BY NUMEROUS TUNNELS, SHAFTS, ADITS, AND SCATTERED WORKINGS TOTALING ABOUT 1300 FEET. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1980 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-APR-1987 La Pointe, D.D. U.S. Geological Survey

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