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Looney Mine

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Antimony
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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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Ore body information
  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 10042549
MRDS ID M060373
Record type Site
Current site name Looney Mine
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 2556
Related records 10125081

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.20625, 40.2799 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676

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)

Carson Desert(hydrologic unit)

Carson(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 028N;028N 033E;034E 24;19 NE OF NE OF NE (24); NW OF NW OF NW (19) Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON S SIDE OF ROCHESTER CANYON; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = UNIONVILLE (1954) 1:625000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue
Galena Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2556, DUMP SELECT OF SERICITIZED RHYOLITE WITH SULFIDES, CONTAINS 0.5 % FE, 0.02 % MG, 50 PPM MN, 1000 PPM -AG, 6 PPM AU (BY AA ANALYSIS) 200 PPM B, 1 PPM BE, 300 PPM BI,- 10 PPM CR, 500 PPM CU, +20000 PPM PB, 1000 PPM SB, 10000 PPM -ZN.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.20625, 40.2799
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N70W-N60W
    Dip STEEP SW TO 50 NE
    Thickness 0.33M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SEVERAL DECIMETERS WIDE QUARTZ-TOURMALINE-SULFIDE VEINS IN WEAVER FLOWS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1917

Mining district

District name Rochester District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • WORKED 1912-1920'S. PRODUCED ORE, BUT NO RECORDS.

Comments on the workings information

  • THERE ARE NO OPEN STOPES SO APPARENTLY NO ORE WAS MINED NEAR THE SURFACE. ONE MAIN SHAFT, SEVERAL INCLINED SHAFTS

Comments on development

  • NO APPARENT ACTIVITY IN 1984.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    VIKRE, P.G., 1978, GEOLOGY AND SILVER MINERALIZATION OF ROCHESTER DISTRICT, NEVADA; PH.D. THESIS, STANFORD UNIV.

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H. F., JR., 14 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCATED IN 1917. THERE ARE NO OPEN STOPES SO APPARENTLY NO ORE WAS MINED NEAR THE SURFACE. THE VEINS WERE PROBABLY DEVELOPED FOR PRECIOUS METALS BUT NO GOLD OR SILVER MINERALS WERE OBSERVED IN THE ORE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Deposit SEVERAL DECIMETERS WIDE QUARTZ-TOURMALINE-SULFIDE VEINS IN WEAVER FLOWS. QUARTZ VEIN ABOUT 0.3 M THICK IN RHYOLITE WHICH IS SERICITIZED, SOMEWHAT SCHISTOSE, AND TOURMALINIZED ADJACENT TO- THE VEIN.

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. (Tingley, J.V.) 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

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