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Melody Property

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045067
MRDS ID M232725
Record type Site
Current site name Melody Property
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 2626
Related records 10270705

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.72876, 41.65794 (WGS84)
Relative position 50 MILES N. OF WINNEMUCCA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

White Rock Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Quinn River Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper 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 044N 038E 29 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN COTTONWOOD (WILLOW?) CANYON, 3 MILES E. OF REBEL CREEK P.O. ABOUT ONE MILE ABOVE MOUTH OF CANYON.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Analytical data

Result AU VALUES (1929) RANGED FROM $0.20 TO $11.25SAMPLE 2626 OF FE OX- AND MNO-STAINED WHITE VEIN QUARTZ WITH GOSSANY CLOTS CONTAINS 3 % FE, 0.2 % MG, 0.2 % CA, 0.-1 % TI, 500 PPM MN, 300 PPM AG, 2000 PPM AS, 0.1 PPM AU (BY AA- ANALYSIS), 50 PPM B, 500 PPM BA, 7PPM CO, 10 PPM CR, 50 PPM C-U, 20 PPM MO, 30 PPM NI, 500 PPM PB, 5 PPM SC, 100 PPM V, 200 -PPM ZN, 50 PPM ZR.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Rock unit name Winnemucca Formation
    Rock description Winnemucca Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Reg.Struct: Folding

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N-S TO N40W
    Dip FLAT TO 20 NE
    Thickness 0.46M
    Width 1.52M
  • General form TABULAR
    Dip FLAT TO 20 NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone?

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.COM: AVERAGE VEIN WIDTH IS NOT OVER 18 INCHES; QUARTZ LENSES ARE DISCONTINUOUS AND ERRATICALLY MINERALIZED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1929
Year of first production 1929

Mining district

District name Rebel Creek District (New Goldfield

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SHORT DRIFTS; DECLINE AND DRIFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, E. J., 1929, UNPUBLISHED LETTER TO N. H. GETCHELL CONCERNING MELODY PROPERTY: ON FILE AT N.B.M.G.

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J. V., 19 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

  • Production

    SCHRADER, E. J., 1929.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHEARED LENTICULAR QUARTZ VEIN IN PHYLLITIC PAPER SHALE. VEIN ABOUT 5 FT THICK, APPROXIMATE STRIKE N40 W, DIP FROM- FLAT TO 20 NE. VEIN HAS SPOTS OF MNO GOSSAN, FE OX STAIN, AND- SOME CALCITE.
Deposit VEIN HAS BEEN EXPLORED BY A NUMBER OF SHORT DRIFTS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1981 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-APR-1986 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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