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Ole Bull Mine

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver
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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. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043968
MRDS ID M231279
Record type Site
Current site name Ole Bull Mine
Alternate or previous names Old Bull Mine, NBMG Sample Site 2322

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.6818, 40.90933 (WGS84)
Elevation 1720

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Winnemucca East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 035N 038E 15,22 NE OF NE OF NE (22); SE OF SE OF SE (15) Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN THOMAS CANYON. UTM IS TO SAMPLE SITE 2322 AT LARGEST OF THE DUMPS OF SEVERAL WORKINGS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Pyritization Of Wallrock

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2322 OF OXIDIZED VEIN MATTER FROM DUMPS OF UPPER ADIT AND PROSPECT CONTAINS 7 % FE, 3 % MG, 5 % CA, 0.02 %- TI, 2000 PPM MN, 15 PPM B, 70 PPM BA, +500 PPM CD, 15 PPM CO,- 20 PPM CR, 100 PPM CU, 5 PPM MO, 100 PPM NI, +20000 PPM PB, 1-00 PPM SR, 20 PPM V, 10 PPM Y, +10000 PPM ZN.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Harmony Formation;;
    Rock description Harmony Formation;;

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.6818, 40.90933
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N65E-N40E
    Dip 80E-75SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Harmony District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner David See Of Winnemucca, Nv
    First year 1943

Comments on the workings information

  • APPROXIMATELY 4 ADITS WITH SMALL TO MODERATE SIZED DUMPS; TRENCH, PROSPECTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, RONALD, 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 59

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L. J., 28 JUL 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROBABLY MOST OF THE PRODUCTION WAS TAKEN OUT THROUGH THE LOWER ADIT, ALTHOUGH THERE IS PRACTICALLY NO VEIN MATERI-AL ON THE DUMP. THE WALLROCKS HAVE A FOLIATION OF N20W, 55NE A-ND ARE OFTEN CUT BY 1-5 CM WHITE, BARREN(?) QUARTZ VEINLETS WH-ICH CUT FOLIATION AT 90 DEGREES. THE ONLY MINERALIZED VEIN WAS- OBSERVED IN A SMALL ADIT AT THE CREST OF THE RIDGE. THERE, A -10-15 CM WIDE ZONE CONTAINS LIMONITE, CERUSSITE, SPARSE QUARTZ-, AND REMNANTS OF GALENA. A DUMP SAMPLE FROM AN ADIT JUST TO T-HE EAST CONTAINS A PIECE OF REDDISH SPHALERITE. CALCITE VEINLE-TS ARE NOTED ON DUMPS, BUT APPEAR BARREN OF ORE MINERALS, ALTH-OUGH THEY ARE USUALLY IN PYRITIZED WALLROCK. IT APPEARS THAT T-HE DUMP SAMPLED CONTAINS MAINLY OXIDIZED VEIN MATTER; THIS VEI-N HAS AN ATTITUDE OF N40E, 75SE. POSSIBLY THE DEEPER PRODUCTIO-N WAS SULFIDE MATERIAL.
Deposit SPHALERITE AND SMALL AMOUNTS OF GALENA OCCUR IN FISSURE IN CALCAREOUS SHALE OF THE HARMONY FORMATION. THE VEIN CAN BE TRACED ALONG A STRIKE A DISTANCE OF 135 FT. FROM THE MAIN ADIT TO A TRENCH. FOUR SAMPLES GAVE A WEIGHTED AVERAGE OF 1.4% LEAD, 22.1% ZINC, AND 0.67 OZ. SILVER PER TON, OVER AN AVERAGE WIDTH OF 1.5 FT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 Flynn, Patricia Dodd Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-OCT-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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