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Saddle Prospect

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Tungsten, Molybdenum, Copper
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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. 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 10045002
MRDS ID M232654
Record type Site
Current site name Saddle Prospect
Alternate or previous names Barnes & Noviak Prospect, NBMG Sample Site 2965
Related records 10047513

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.63933, 41.59571 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Relative position 28 MILES SOUTH OF DENIO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bishop Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denio(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vya(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Quinn(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(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 043N 030E 16,17,20,21 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 4 MILES N. OF SENTINEL PEAK NEAR CREST OF EAST RIDGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Pyrite Unknown

Analytical data

Result UP TO 0.01 % MO, 0.01 % CU, TRACES AU
Result UP TO 1.64 % WO3. SAMPLE 2965 CONTAINS 10 % FE, 2 % MG, 10 % CA, 0.5 % TI, 1000 PPM MN, 20 PPM AG, 1000 PPM B, 500 PPM BA, 5 PPM BE, 10 PPM CO, 70 PPM CR, 1500 PPM CU, 50 PPM LA, 15 PPM MO, 20 PPM NI, 10 PPM PB, 15 PPM SC, 1000 PPM SR, 150 PPM V, 20 PPM Y, AND 70 PPM ZR.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 42
USGS model code 14a
Deposit model name W skarn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.63933, 41.59571
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 9.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Tactite Along Granodiorite-Carbonate Contact

Comments on the geologic information

  • TACTITE BODIES ALONG CONTACT BETWEEN GRANODIORITE-CARBONATE UNIT OF PRE-CRETACEOUS MESOZOIC AGE; IRREGULAR TACTITE ZONE IS UP TO 30 FT. THICK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1954
Discoverer J. Noviack And J.F. Barnes

Mining district

District name Leonard Creek District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Noviack, J.
    First year 1976

Comments on the production information

  • 500 TONS OF 0.51% WO3 AND 500 TONS 0.6% WO3 PRODUCED

Comments on the workings information

  • CAVED MAIN ADIT, SERIES OF DOZER CUTS AND TRENCHES, DRILL HOLES.

Comments on development

  • DRILLING WITHIN PAST 7 YEARS; LARGE DUMPS INDICATE SIZEABLE PRODUCTION. FIRST ORE WAS MINED IN 1955, AND SHIPPED TO THE GETCHELL MILL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 59.

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J.V., 1976, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE SADDLE TUNGSTEN PROSPECT, ON FILE AT NBMG.

  • Deposit

    KUNDERT, K.H., 1971, EXAMINATION OF THE SADDLE TUNGSTEN PROSPECT, HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA: UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON FILE AT NBMG.

  • Deposit

    ANCTIC, R.J., 1973, THE SADDLE TUNGSTEN PROPERTY, LEONARD CREEK MINING DISTRICT, HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA: UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON FILE AT NBMG. #5. QUADE, JACK, 29 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS. #6. NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3. #7. STAGER, H.K. AND TINGLEY, J.V., IN PREPARATION, NBMG BULL ON TUNHSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.

  • Production

    TINGLEY, J. V., 1976

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAIN ADIT IS IN METASEDIMENTS NEAR CONTACT WITH GRANODIORITE. OTHER WORKINGS ABOVE THE ADIT HAVE BEEN BULLDOZED AWAY REVEALING MUCH OF THE CONTACT AND FORMING A 40 X 60 FT. PIT ON THE S. SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN. A SINGLE DRILL HOLE WAS EMPLACED IN THE PIT AND ANOTHER TO THE EAST AT THE SAME LEVEL. SAMPLE 2965 IS FROM THE DUMP NEAR THE MAIN ADIT AND FROM THE UPPER WORKINGS. THE MAIN DUMP IS COVERED WITH FRESH GRANODIORITE, THOUGHT TO BE TACTITE ALONG AND NEAR THE CONTACT OF QUARTZ MONZONITE AND LIMESTONE. SOME OF THE SCHEELITE FLUORESCES WITH A SLIGHT YELLOWISH TINGE, BUT MO CONTENT IS LOW. ORE GRADE RANGES FROM 0.3 TO 1.75 % WO3, AVG. 0.48 % WO3. THREE ORE ZONES ARE EXPOSED FROM CREST OF RANGE WESTWARD FOR ABOUT 800 FT. UPPER ZONE 2-10 FT. WIDE, 100. FT LONG, 3-5 FT. DEEP. MIDDLE ORE ZONE HAS 2 PARALLEL ORE BODIES, ONE 50 FT. LONG, 3-5 FT. DEEP. MIDDLE ORE ZONE HAS 2 PARALLEL ORE BODIES, ONE 50 FT. LONG, 13-20 FT. WIDE, THE OTHER 150 FT. LONG, 1.5-5 FT. WIDE. BOTH CUT OFF BY
Deposit NW FAULT. LOWER ORE ZONE EXPOSED IN ADIT PORTAL IS 100 FT. LONG, 2 FT. WIDE.
Deposit OWNED IN 1960'S BY J. NOVIACK AND J.F. BARNES. EXPLORATION PROGRAM CONSISTING OF TRENCHING AND DRIFTING ALONG THE CONTACT FAILED TO DISCOVER ANY LARGE OREBODIES. THE 9 UNPATENTED LOVE CLAIMS WERE LOCATED IN 1954 BY NOVIACK & BARNES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1981 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-MAY-1987 La Pointe, D.D. U.S. Geological Survey

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