Markus

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodity Tungsten
Sections on this page
  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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10295153
MAS/MILS ID 0320130045
Record type Site
Current site name Markus
Alternate or previous names Marcus, Harden S

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.29656, 41.15569 (WGS84)
Elevation 2210
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Adam Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Osgood Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle 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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 038 N 041 E 24 NENESE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Epidote Unknown
Garnet Unknown
Idocrase Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.29656, 41.15569

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 23M
    Width 2M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Secondary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONATE SILIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SILICIFICATION
    Strike And Dip N30W:
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 801124

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1943

Mining district

District name Potosi District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Getchell Mine Inc.
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1972

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER
    Capacity 100
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 30
    Units of Production $/MT ORE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CAVENDER, W.S. (1963) INTEGRATED MINERAL EXPLORATION IN THE

  • Deposit

    OSGOOD MTNS, HUMBOLDT CNTY, NEV:PHD DISSERT,UNIV OF CALIF.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOL SURV PROF PAPER 431, 1964, P.101

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 44, 1946, P.27

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 59, 1964, TB19

  • Deposit

    HOBBS, S.W. (1948B) GEOL OF THE NORTHERN PART OF THE OSGOOD

  • Deposit

    MTNS, HUMBOLDT CNTY, NEV: PHD DISSERT, YALE UNIV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-NOV-84 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.