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Desert View Prospect

Occurrence in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Molybdenum, Iron
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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. 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. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037018
MRDS ID M030033
Record type Site
Current site name Desert View Prospect
Alternate or previous names Snow Creek, NBMG Sample Site 2964, Solar #2
Related records 10047515, 10174193, 10295138

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.72434, 41.60515 (WGS84)
Elevation 1999
Relative position 100 MILES NW OF WINNEMUCCA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bishop Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denio(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 043N 028E 35 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Molybdenum Primary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Powellite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SURFACE SAMPLES = 0.02 TO 0.16 % MO AND 0.02 TO 0.13 % CU.SAMPLE 2964 OF SULFIDE BEARING QUARTZ CONTAINS 1.5% FE,0.002% TI,15PPM AG,15PPM B,100PPM BA,200PPM BI,15000PPM C U,1500PPM MO,5PPM NI,50PPM PB.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 80
USGS model code 21b
Deposit model name Porphyry Mo, low-F

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.72434, 41.60515
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E-NE
    Dip STEEPLY N

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Near Igneous Contact

Comments on the geologic information

  • LOW-GRADE VEINS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Leonard Creek District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Lester Horn, (Owned Solar Claim)
    Home office P.O. Box 672, Canyonville, Or.
    First year 1972

Comments on the workings information

  • A HAND-DUG PROSPECT PIT

Comments on development

  • PROPERTY INACTIVE AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1984. 4 SAMPLES WERE TAKEN IN 1974 IN A STUDY OF THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE PROPOSED BLUE LAKE PRIMITIVE AREA, WHICH INCLUDES THIS AREA OF PROSPECTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA; BUR MINES BULL. 59.

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 29 SEPT 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS, NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3

  • Deposit

    BENNETT, REB E., 1974, NBMG MINING DISTRICT FILE 144, ITEM 2, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE BLUE LAKE PROPOSED PRIMITIVE AREA, HUMBOLT CO., NV.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ OUTCROPS THROUGH ALLUVIUM ABOUT 200 YDS. BELOW THE CONTACT OF SEDIMENTS AND THE GRANODIORITE. ORE WAS COBBED BY HAND. QUARTZ CONTAINS CLOTS AND ROSETTES OF MOLYDENUM AS WELL AS PYRITE,CHALCOPYRITE,CU OXIDES. REB BENNET DESCRIBES A SILICIFIED BRECCIA ZONE 2-4 FT WIDE EXPOSED FOR ABOUT 180 FT WITH VERY FINE GRAINED SULFIDE (PYRITE) DISSEMINATED THROUGHOUT THE VEIN. ALSO, JUST EAST OF THIS, 2 SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS EXPLORE FE OXIDE STAINED QUARTZ VEINS LESS THAN 6 INCHES WIDE;OLD BULLDOZER CUTS EXPOSING INTRUSIVE CONTACT. ALSO AT DESERT VIEW, QUARTZ IN GRANODIORITE. VEIN IS ABOUT 2 FT WIDE AND IS TRACEABLE FOR 100FT. IRON-STAINING AND MOLYBDENUM CRYSTALS IN THE QUARTZ.
Deposit VERY LITTLE DEVELOPMENT WORK ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1978 Theodore, Ted G. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-MAR-1981 Lapointe, D. D. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1984 Quade, Jack U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1990 Skurski, M. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1991 Moyer, Lorre A. (Marcus, S.M.) U.S. Geological Survey

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