Stargo Spring Area

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Cobalt, REE, Manganese, Silver, Zinc, Beryllium, Nickel
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10044194
MRDS ID M231558
Record type Site
Current site name Stargo Spring Area
Alternate or previous names Star No.14 Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.48841, 38.95132 (WGS84)
Elevation 2524
Relative position 0.75 MILES NE OF STARGO SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stargo Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Jefferson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hot Creek-Railroad Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013N 049E 20 NE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Cobalt Critical Primary
REE Critical Primary
Manganese Critical Secondary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Beryllium Critical Secondary
Nickel Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Epidote Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Tremolite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Intrusive Is Locally Silicified, Argillized And Oxidized.

Analytical data

Result A GRAB SAMPLE OF GOSSAN CONTAIN 0.5 % MN, 15 PPM AG, 0.7 % ZN, 2,000 PPM BA, 15 PPM BE, 300 PPM CO, 0.1 % NI, 300 PPM Y (KLEINHAMPLE, 1980)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.48841, 38.95132

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 300M
    Width 30M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Possibly Control By A N 72 E, 65 Se Shear Zone. Possible Genetic Relationship To Andesitic Dikes.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1900

Mining district

District name Dobbin Summit

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Dome Exploration, (U. S.) Ltd.
    Last year 1980

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 60 FT LONG (S 15 W) ADIT AND A 25 FT SHAFTSEVERAL SMALL PITS, A RECENT ROTARY DRILL-HOLE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NOTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J.,1981, FIELD EXAMINATION NOTES 30 AUG'8A G3 82 05

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LIMONITIC GOSSAN AND LIMONITE-CEMENTED PALEOZOIC SILTSTONE BRECCIA. GOSSAN IS BOTH MASSIVE AND POROUS. MAY BE AN OXIDIZED SULFIDE REPLACEMENT IN A FAULT ZONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1984 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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