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Wedding Ring Group Nos. 1-6

Occurrence in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Uranium
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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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037006
MRDS ID M029072
Record type Site
Current site name Wedding Ring Group Nos. 1-6
Alternate or previous names Old Wedding Ring Property, Wilder Creek Ranch Copper Prospect, NBMG Sample Site 2441
Related records 10149680

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.51212, 41.93181 (WGS84)
Elevation 1536
Relative position 8 MILES SE OF DENIO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wilder Creek Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denio(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vya(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alvord Lake(hydrologic unit)

Oregon Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon Closed Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 047N 031E 28 NE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4 OF NE 1/4 SEC. 28; NEAR MOUTH WILDER CREEK; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = DENIO (1966) 1:625000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result 0.28% U3O8 IN ONE SAMPLE. HIGH OF 0.3 R/HR RECORDED. SAMPLE 2441, A MIXTURE OF ALTERED MINERALIZED ROCK TYPES, CONTAINS 5 % FE, 1.5 % MG, 2 % CA, 0.5 % TI, 1000 PPM -MN, 10 PPM AG, 20 PPM B, 1500 PPM BA, 150 PPM BI, 10 PPM CO, 1-0 PPM CR, 20000 PPM C4, 7 PPM NI, 20 PPM PB, 10 PPM SC, 500 PP-M SR, 200 PPM V, 20 PPM Y, 500 PPM ZN, 100 PPM ZR.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 155
USGS model code 25f
Deposit model name Volcanogenic U

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.51212, 41.93181
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • CHALCOPYRITE-BEARING QUARTZ VEINS CUT GNEISSIC GRANODIORITE AND ASSOCIATED PEGMATITE DIKES THE ANOMALOUS RADIO ACTIVITY IS REPORTEDLY ASSOCIATED WITH SECONDARY COPPER MINERALS WHICH OCCUR AS FRACTURE COATINGS ON THE QUARTZ VEINS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Disaster District; Disaster Peak District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 304.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • COUPLE OF VERTICAL SHAFTS AND 2-3 SHORT ADITS. NUMEROUS DOZER CUTS AND TRENCHES SPREAD OUT OVER 0.25 MILE LONG BY -200 YD WIDE AREA.

Comments on development

  • NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION BUT SOME WORK HAS BEEN DONE WITHIN THE LAST TWO YEARS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., 1973, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA: NEV. BUR MINES BULLETIN 81

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT CO., NEV; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 59.

  • Deposit

    JONES, R.B., 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION, 9-15-84, AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEVELOPED BY 700 TO 1000 FT. OF DRIFTS AND SHAFTS FOR GOLD, COPPER & SILVER. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1978 Walker, George W. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-AUG-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-MAR-1981 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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