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Panther Canyon Tungsten Prospect

Occurrence in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Tungsten, Silver, Lead, Bismuth, Copper, Molybdenum, Zinc, Vanadium
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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. 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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008813
MRDS ID D001229
Record type Site
Current site name Panther Canyon Tungsten Prospect
Alternate or previous names Echo, NBMG Sample Site 2567, J. K. Claims
Related records 10247030

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.23431, 40.44989 (WGS84)
Relative position NORTH SIDE PANTHER CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Congress 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 030N 033E 23 E2 OF SW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT A MILE BELOW THE BRADLEY MINE; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = UNIONVILLE (1954) 1:625000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Bismuth Critical Secondary
Copper Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2567, DUMP GRAB OF PYRITIZED LIMESTONE WITH QUARTZ VEINLETS, PYRITE, AND SCHEELITE, CONTAINS 2 % FE, 0.7 % - MG, +20 % CA, 0.1 % TI, 500 PPM MN, 100 PPM AG, 50 PPM B, 30- PPM BA, +1000 PPM BI, 100 PPM CD, 5 PPM CO, 100 PPM CU, 100- PPM MO, 30 PPM NI, 5000 PPM PB, 500 PPM SR, 700 PPM V, 150 PP-M W, 20 PPM Y, 200 PPM ZN, AND 0.05 PPM AU (BY AA ANALYSIS).

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Prida Formation;
    Rock description Prida Formation;

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.23431, 40.44989
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N80W
    Dip 20NE
    Length 121.92M
    Width 0.03M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE QUARTZ-TUNGSTEN VEINS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH SILICIFIED AREAS BORDERING THE DIKES. THE VEINS ARE PARALLEL TO THE LIMESTONE BEDDING.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rye Patch District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • TRENCH; 4 ADITS; 75-FT DEEP INCLINED SHAFT. CROSSCUT ADIT 350 FT LONG WAS DRIVEN FROM A POINT LOWER ON THE HILL TO- EXPLORE THE VEINS AT DEPTH

Comments on development

  • IN 1942, THE PROPERTY WAS EXPLORED BY FRED JOHNSON, BUT NO PRODUCTION WAS REPORTED. THERE WAS NO ACTIVITY WHEN EXA-MINED IN 1984 AND THE PROPERTY APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN LONG IDLE-, BUT J. K. CLAIMS WERE STAKED OVER THE AREA 3-5 YEARS AGO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VITALIANO, 1944, CONTACT METAMORPHISM AT RYE PATCH NEVADA; GSA BULL. V. 55, P 921-950

  • Deposit

    WALLACE ET AL, 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF UNIONVILLE QUAD., PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS MAP GQ-820.

  • Deposit

    VITALIANO, 1944, GSA BULL., VOL. 55, NO. 8.

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H. F., JR., 27 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3

  • Deposit

    STAGER, H. K., IN PREPARATION, NBMG BULL ON TUNGSTENDEPOSITS OF NEVADA.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FOUR CLAIMS COVERING THE KNOWN OCCURRENCE OF ORE ARE SITUATED ON THE RIDGE JUST NORTH OF PANTHER CANYON-CONSTITUTING THE PANTHER CANYON PROSPECT. ONE LARGE BEDDING VEIN AND THREE SMALL BEDDING VEINS HAVE BEEN EXPOSED IN TRENCH WORKINGS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Deposit ONE LARGE BEDDING VEIN AND 3 SMALL BEDDING VEINS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH SILICIFIED AREAS BORDERING THE DIKES. THE VEINS ARE PARALLEL TO THE LIMESTONE BEDDING. SCHEELITE OCCURS IN THESE THIN (UP TO 1 FT) QUARTZ VEINS ALONG WITH A LITTLE COLORLESS-BERYL, IRREGULARLY DISTRIB-UTED THROUGHOUT THE VEIN. AVERAGE TUNGSTEN CONTENT IS ABOUT 0.-5 % WO3. A SECOND VEIN 300 FT SOUTH AND 100 FT LOWER ON THE HI-LLSIDE IS 6 INCHES WIDE AND CONTAINS ABOUT 0.5 % WO3. A LOWER -CROSSCUT ADIT CUT SEVERAL QUARTZ VEINLETS 1-6 IN WIDE WHICH CO-NTAINED SCHEELITE. IN GENERAL, VEINS CONTAIN MINOR SERICITE, T-RACE OF DARK GREY SULFIDE AND SOME CALCITE. LIMESTONE NEAR VEI-NS IS PARTIALLY BLEACHED, PYRITIZED, AND RECRYSTALLIZED ALONG -BEDDING, AND NOW IRON-STAINED DUE TO OXIDATION OF PYRITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1974 Elliott, James E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-MAY-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD
Updater 01-DEC-1980 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 09-JUN-1995 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

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