Labor Day Group

Occurrence in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodity Manganese
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045074
MRDS ID M232733
Record type Site
Current site name Labor Day Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.39653, 41.41406 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Little Poverty(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Osgood Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(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 041N 041E 19 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 1 MILE NNW OF HOLT PROPERTY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Serpentine Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE FROM LENSES 2 FT WIDE AND 15 FT LONG IN CHERT BEDS CONTAINS 11.9 % MN. SAMPLE OF HAND-SORTED ORE FROM LENS -CONTAINS 25.6 % MN.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 156
USGS model code 25g
Deposit model name Epithermal Mn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.39653, 41.41406

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Poverty Peak District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Rodgers, Gus
    First year 1940

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SMALL TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1979 MILS DATA

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGIC MAP OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEV; N.B.M.G. BULL. 59, PL. 1

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1940, UNPUBLISHED DATA, NBMG MINING DISTRICT FILE 137, ITEM 3.

  • Deposit

    VOEGTLY, N. E., 1981, USGS OFR 81-134.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 SMALL LENSES OF IMPURE MN OXIDES IN A CHERTY SILICEOUS ZONE THAT CAN BE TRACED FOR MILES. ONE IS ABOUT 15 FT LON-G AND 2 FEET WIDE; THE OTHER IS 75 FT LONG AND 1-3 FT WIDE. SE-RPENTINE WAS NOTED IN THE AREA.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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