Arrowhead Extension

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044145
MRDS ID M231501
Record type Site
Current site name Arrowhead Extension
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 2741.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.17089, 38.08051 (WGS84)
Elevation 1926
Relative position 2.06 MILES NE OF STREUBEN KNOB

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Reveille(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warm Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hot Creek-Railroad Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003N 052E 31 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Pyrargyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillization And Silicification

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS OF $1.20 TO $71.55 PER TON WERE REPORTED IN 1920. SAMPLE 2741 SELECT DUMP SAMPLE OF PROPYLITIZED DARK PURPLE ANDESITE TUFF WITH PYRITE AND SILVER SULFIDES ? CONTAI-NS 2 % FE, 0.3 % MG, 0.3 % CA, 0.2 % TI, 700 PPM MN, 0.7 PPM A-G, 15 PPM B, 700 PPM BA, 2 PPM BE, 10 PPM CU, 20 PPM LA, 30 PP-M PB, 500 PPM SB, 7 PPM SC, 20 PPM V, 20 PPM Y, 200 PPM ZR.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (oldest) Oligocene
    Chronological age 18.7
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Welded Tuff
    Rock unit name Monotony Tuff
    Rock description Monotony Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (oldest) Oligocene
    Chronological age 18.7

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.17089, 38.08051

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Ene-Trending Faults.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Control By A Narrow North-Trending Zone Of Altered Welded Tuff.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Arrowhead District; Needles District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Arrowhead Extension Mining Co.
    First year 1923

Comments on the production information

  • AMOUNT UNKNOWN

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A TWO COMPARTMENT SHAFT 150 FT DEEP.

Comments on development

  • ARROWHEAD EXTENSION MINING CO WAS INCORPORATED IN 1919 WITH BASE OFFICE IN TONOPAH. THE COMPANY OWNED 100 ACRES ADJOINING THE ARROWHEAD MINE ON THE SOUTH AND EAST, (1923). NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1985

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F. J. AND ZIONY, J. I., 1984, NBMG BULL 99B, P. 39-42

  • Deposit

    LINCOLN, F. C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA: NEV NEWSLETTER PUBL CO, RENO, NV.

  • Deposit

    WEED,W.H.,ED.,1921, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XIV.

  • Deposit

    WEED,W.H.,ED.,1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XV.

  • Deposit

    USGS MAP I-806

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 16 OCT 85, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

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