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House Rock Mine

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gemstone
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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. 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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044866
MRDS ID M232485
Record type Site
Current site name House Rock Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.69815, 40.35047 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tenabo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Crescent Valley(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 029 047 29 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Turquoise Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Country Rocks Orgillically Alterred Away From Veins

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Valmy Formation
    Rock description Valmy Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.69815, 40.35047
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Imbricate Thrusts And High Angle Basin Range Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • A FAULT DISPLACES QUARTZITE ON THE EAST AGAINST SHALE ON THE WEST. THE QUARTZITE CONTAINS MINOR PYRITE AND TURQUOISE, HOWEVER MOST OF THE TURQUOISE IS IN THE SHEARED AND ALTERRED SHALE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bullion

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 OPEN CUTS, SEVERAL PROSPECT HOLES, EXTENSIVE UNDERGROUND WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STAGER H.K. (1977) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF LANDERS CO. NEV., N.B.M. BULL 88

  • Deposit

    USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO. 87, REFERENCE NO. 3201500374

  • Deposit

    MORRISSEY F.R. (1968) TURQUOISE DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, N.B.M. REPT. 17

  • Deposit

    WRUCKET C.T. (1974) GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TENABO AREA, LANDER CO. NEV, USGS MAP MF-64.

  • Production

    MORRISSEY, F.R., 1968

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FAULT ZONE
Deposit MINE WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO OPEN CUTS, SEVERAL PROSPECT HOLES, AND EXTENSIVE UNDERGROUND WORKINGS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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