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Hamilton Beryl Mine

Occurrence in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Beryllium, Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Tin, Zinc
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042543
MRDS ID M060366
Record type Site
Current site name Hamilton Beryl Mine
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 2559
Related records 10198635

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.23597, 40.30796 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position SOUTH SIDE LIMERICK CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rochester(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 028N 033E 11 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = UNIONVILLE (1954) 1:625000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Beryllium Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary
Lead Secondary
Tin Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Malachite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2559, DUMP GRAB OF PRIDA LIMESTONE, SHALE, JASPEROID WITH CU OXIDES AND TETRAHEDRITE CONTAINS 0.5 % FE, 0.1- % MG, 3 % CA, 0.005 % TI, 300 PPM MN, 200 PPM AG, 200 PPM B, -1.5 PPM BE, 10 PPM BI, 200 PPM CD, 10 PPM CR, 1500 PPM CU, 100- PPM MO, 10 PPM NI, 5000 PPM PB, 150 PPM SB, +1000 PPM SN, 10 -PPM V, 1500 PPM ZN.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Prida
    Rock description Prida

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N10E
    Dip 80E
    Width 1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rochester District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL ADITS, DRILL ROADS, CUTS

Comments on development

  • NO ACTIVITY IN 1984, BUT DRILL ROADS ON PROPERTY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H. F., JR., 25 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEINS AND JASPEROID DEVELOPED IN PRIDA LIMESTONE AND CARBONACEOUS SHALY LIMESTONE. ONE VEIN APPROXIMATELY P-ARALLEL TO BEDDING UP TO 0.5 M WIDE. MAIN STRUCTURE UP TO 1 M -WIDE STRIKES N10E, DIP 80E, OCCURS ALONG MARGIN OF JASPEROID.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1973 Johnson, Maureen G. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-MAY-1986 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-NOV-1980 Royse, Sue E. 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.

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