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Manganese Occurrence

Occurrence in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodity Manganese
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043963
MRDS ID M231273
Record type Site
Current site name Manganese Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.3454, 40.90433 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Iron Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 035N 041E 15,21 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrolusite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 74
USGS model code 19b
Deposit model name Replacement Mn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    Rock unit name Comus Formation
    Rock description Comus Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.3454, 40.90433
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description N75w North

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • MANGANESE OXIDE REPLACEMENT OF CHERT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Iron Point District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Southern Pacific Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., (1964) MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, VOL. I

  • Deposit

    NBMG OFR 85-3, 1985

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FRACTURE ZONE; PYROLUSITE REPLACEMENT IN CHERT ALONG N-TRENDING FRACTURE ZONES
Deposit N75W, 2'-3' WIDE FRACTURE ZONE, PIT IN NW 1/4 SE 1/4 SEC 15 AND 2 PITS IN E 1/2 SE 1/4 SEC 15, ALSO PIT IN NW 1/4 SE 1/4 SEC 21 - ALL PYROLUSITE REPLACEMENT IN CHERT ALONG N-TRENDING FRACTURE ZONES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 Tingley, J.V. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-NOV-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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