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Blue Dragon Nos. 1-3 Prospect

Occurrence in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold
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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. Alteration
  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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045006
MRDS ID M232658
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Dragon Nos. 1-3 Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.18908, 41.72265 (WGS84)
Elevation 1753
Relative position 15 1/2 MILES BY JEEP RD., SW OF VIRGIN VALLEY RANCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Alkali Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Vya(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vya(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Thousand-Virgin(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 044N 024E 24 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 2 MILES N OF DEVANEY CAMPGROUND BY ELDER SPRING

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Clay-Montmorillonite; Silicification

Analytical data

Result TRACE AU
Result 10 GRAM/TONNE AND 0.006 % HG.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 104
USGS model code 25a
Deposit model name Hot-spring Au-Ag
Mark3 model number 45

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Volcanic Ash
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.18908, 41.72265
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Breccia Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • A SILICIFIED BRECCIA ZONE CROPS OUT OVER A 600 FT. SQUARE AREA. THE ZONE HAS ANGULAR FRAGMENTS OF CREAM-TO-PINK COLORED ASH IN A MATRIX OF CLEAR TO LIGHT-PINK SILICA. MERCURY MINERALS ARE SCARCE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1968
Discoverer Vincent Palmer

Mining district

District name Virgin Valley District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Palmer, Vincent
    First year 1968
  • Type Owner
    Owner Palmer, Vincent

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 13.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, BULLDOZER CUTS, PITS, TRENCHES, CAVED ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 600 SQ. FT. AREA OUTCROPPING
Deposit THE CLAIMS WERE LOCATED BY VINCENT PALMER IN 1968 FOR MERCURY. DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF A 45 FT. DEEP SHAFT, 3 BULLDOZER CUTS, ONE PIT, FOUR TRENCHES, AND A CAVED ADIT OR TRENCH. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1981 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-MAY-1987 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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