Falcon Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037805
MRDS ID M042796
Record type Site
Current site name Falcon Prospect
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 2073

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.94869, 38.58465 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Belmont West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Jefferson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 009N 045E 31 NE OF NE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 5 MILES SW OF BELMONT BY FAIR DIRT ROAD NEAR MOUTH OF SILVER CREEK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Gold Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Huebnerite Ore
Wolframite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2073 OF QUARTZ VEIN AND DIKE MATERIAL CONTAINS 2% FE, 0.05% MG, 0.015% TI, 150 PPM MN, 20 PPM AG, 20 PPM B, 300 PPM BA, 2 PPM BE, +1000 PPM BI, 15 PPM CR, 150 PPM CU, 50 PPM MO, 7 PPM NI, 300 PPM PB, 150 PPM V, 200 PPM ZN, 20 PPM ZR, AND 0.1 PPM AU (BY AA ANALYSIS).

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Belmont Pluton
    Rock description Belmont Pluton
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.94869, 38.58465

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Joints, Fractures

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Joints And Cooling Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1956
Year of last production 1956

Mining district

District name Belmont

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHAFTS, ONE INCLINE AND SEVERAL ADITS; PITS

Comments on development

  • OLDER WORKINGS PROBABLY DATE FROM ACTIVITY IN 1864-1885. NO ACTIVITY WHEN EXAMINED IN 1985. ABOUT 37 TONS ORE CONTAINING ABOUT 0.5% WO3 (13 UNITS) WAS REPORTEDLY SHIPPED IN 1956

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 1 OCT 85, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL. 99B, 1984.

  • Production

    STAGER, H.K. (IN PREP).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WORKINGS ARE ON QUARTZ VEINS AND APLITE DIKES HOSTED IN QUARTZ MONZONITE. DIKES AND VEINS ARE ALONG JOINT SETS AND COOLING FRACTURES IN THE QUARTZ MONZONITE. SHEARED QUARTZ VEINS REPORTEDLY CONTAIN HUEBNERITE AND/OR WOLFRAMITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 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.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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