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Getchell Sec. 5 Pit

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Tungsten, 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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  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 10045077
MRDS ID M232738
Record type Site
Current site name Getchell Sec. 5 Pit
Alternate or previous names Marshall Canyon Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -117.25098, 41.20958 (WGS84)
Elevation 1990
Location accuracy 10(meters)
Relative position 40 MILES NE OF WINNEMUCCA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Adam Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Osgood Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 038N 042E 05 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • S 1/2 OF SW 1/4 OF SEC. 5, IN SADDLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Altered Granodiorite; Sericitic, Pyritic

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 Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -117.25098, 41.20958
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.COM: SCHEELITE OCCURS IN IRREGULARLY-SHAPED BODIES AND LENSES AND VEINS OF COARSE, GLASSY QUARTZ CUTTING GRANODIORITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1955
Year of first production 1955

Mining district

District name Potosi District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Getchell Mine, Inc.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Getchell Mine Inc.

Comments on the production information

  • A FEW HUNDRED TONS OF TUNGSTEN ORE.

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT

Comments on development

  • FIRST PROSPECTED FOR SILVER; BRIEFLY MINED IN 1955 FOR TUNGSTEN ORE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FIRST PROSPECTED FOR SILVER; OPEN PIT-MINED BRIEFLY DURING SUMMER, 1955. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-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

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