Highgrade Prospect

Prospect in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Tungsten, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Bismuth, Manganese, Barium-Barite
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  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 10042420
MRDS ID M060209
Record type Site
Current site name Highgrade Prospect
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 2862, High Grade
Related records 10295517

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.22572, 40.00239 (WGS84)
Elevation 1825

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sage Hen Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kumiva Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pyramid-Winnemucca Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 025N 024E 25 SE OF SE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 0.5 MILE SOUTH OF THE NIGHTINGALE MINE ON SOUTH FLANK OF RIDGE. GOOD ACCESS WITH THE LAST MILE FAIR (1984). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Bismuth Critical Secondary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silification

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2862 FROM THE CONTACT ZONE CONTAINS 5% FE, 2% MG, 10% CA, 0.2% TI, 1000 PPM MN, 100 PPM AG, 20 PPM B, 1500 PPM BA, +1000 PPM BI, 200 PPM CD, 20 PPM CO, 50 PPM CR, 150 PPM CU, 5 PPM MO, 20 PPM NI, 2000 PPM PB, 10 PPM SC, 500 PPM SR, 150 PPM V, 200 PPM W, 30 PPM Y, 2000 PPM ZN, 100 PPM ZR.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 42
USGS model code 14a
Deposit model name W skarn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Auld Lang Syne Group
    Rock description Auld Lang Syne Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.22572, 40.00239

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Tactite Zone At Contact Of Metasediments With Granodiorite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Nightingale District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • DOZER CUTS; PROSPECT PITS, DRILL PADS.

Comments on development

  • ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1984 INCLUDED BULLDOZING ROADS FOR DRILL PADS. OLDER CUTS EXPOSE THE CONTACT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS: NBMG UNPUBLISHED FILES (TINGLEY).

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, A MINERAL INVENTORY OF THE PARADISE-DENIO AND SONOMA-GERLACH RESOURCE AREAS, WINNEMUCCA DISTRICT NEVADA: NBMG OFR 85-3.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89, P. 76, PL. I, 2.

  • Deposit

    STAGER, H.K., & TINGLEY, J.V., 1988, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 105. P. 183.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A NARROW TACTITE ZONE IN OLDER SEDIMENTS NEAR THE CONTACT WITH THE GRANODIORITE.
Deposit THIS RECORD HAS BEEN MERGED WITH M242691, WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1973 Johnson, M. G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-APR-1993 Phinisey, J. D. (Marcus, S.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Humphries, S. E. (Marcus, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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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