Sugar Loaf-Holiday Group

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodity Tungsten
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042435
MRDS ID M060230
Record type Site
Current site name Sugar Loaf-Holiday Group
Alternate or previous names Holiday Mine, Sugarloaf, Holiday Extension #1 and #2 Claims, NBMG Sample Site 2824
Related records 10198413

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.84682, 40.39656 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position ABOUT 3 MILES SW OF VERNON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Seven Troughs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Granite Springs Valley(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 029N 028E 09 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 2 MILES SE OF PORTER SPRING

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2824 CONTAINS 7 % FE, 2 % MG, 3 % CA, 0.3 % TI, 1000 PPM MN, 2 PPM AG, 2000 PPM B, 500 PPM BA, 3 PPM BE, 10 PPM BI, 15 PPM CO, 100 PPM CR, 100 PPM CU, 7 PPM MO, 50 PPM NI, 50 PPM PB, 15 PPM SC, 10 PPM SN, 500 PPM SR, 2000 PPM V, 200 PPM W, 20 PPM Y, AND 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 Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.84682, 40.39656

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Zone Of Intrusive With Limestone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Seven Troughs District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Farnam, Ellis K.
    First year 1953
    Last year 1962

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 ADITS AND SHAFT; SIZEABLE WORKINGS.

Comments on development

  • OPERATED 1953-1962; NO ACTIVITY WHEN EXAMINED IN 1984.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULLETIN 89.

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 7 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    STAGER, H.K. AND TINGLEY, J.V., IN PREPARATION, NBMG BULLETIN ON TUNGSTEN IN NEVADA.

  • Production

    STAGER, (IN PREPARATION)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LARGE ADIT HAS ROCK BOLTS TO SUPPORT THE CEILING IN NEAR VERTICAL SEDIMENTS BEARING S20E. SAMPLE 2824 IS OF VEIN MATERIAL IN THE ADIT ALONG CONTACT ZONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1973 Johnson, Maureen G. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-JAN-1987 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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