| Deposit ID | 10111467 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M242643 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | NBMG Sample Site 2236 |
| Alternate or previous names | Bliss Canyon Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.54433, 41.25488 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1829 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Humboldt(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Hobo Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Jackson Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Vya(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower Quinn(hydrologic unit)
Black Rock Desert(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Humboldt |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 039N | 031E | 18 | NE OF NE | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Barium-Barite Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Barite | Ore |
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Result | SAMPLE 2236, A GRAB OF ALTERED ANDESITE WITH MASSIVE MAGNETITE NEAR IGNEOUS CONTACT CONTAINS +20% FE, 0.02% MG, 2% CA, 0.05% TI, 20 PPM MN, 150 PPM B, +5000 PPM BA, 30 PPM CU, 50 PPM MO, 1000 PPM SR, 300 PPM V, 10 PPM ZR. |
|---|
| Model code | 62 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 18d |
| Deposit model name | Skarn Fe |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite |
| Rock unit name | Happy Creek Volcanic Series |
| Rock description | Happy Creek Volcanic Series |
| (1) | -118.54433, 41.25488 |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Jackson Mountains District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M242643 |
USBM, 1984 FIELD EXAMINATION AND SUBSEQUENT SAMPLE ANALYSIS
NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.
WILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG BULL 59, PL.I.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MASSIVE MAGNETITE IN ANDESITIC VOLCANICS NEAR CONTACT WITH FELSIC INTRUSIVE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-1985 | La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-SEP-1994 | Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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