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Section 4 Pit

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Tungsten
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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. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045091
MRDS ID M232752
Record type Site
Current site name Section 4 Pit
Related records 10222671

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.25429, 41.19822 (WGS84)
Elevation 1753

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)

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 038N 042E 04 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • N. OF HANSEN CREEK, N. OF RILEY EXTENSION MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Tungsten Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Wollastonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silication

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 Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.25429, 41.19822
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Reg.Struct: Getchell Fault

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR CONTACT

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Granodiorite/Sedimentary Contact

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.COM: LIMESTONE BEDS 30-60 FT THICK, PARALLELLING GRANODIORITE CONTACT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Potosi District; Getchell District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Getchell Mine, Inc.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Getchell Mine, Inc.(Gold Field Corp.)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J.V., 1978, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE GETCHELL TUNGSTEN AREA, ON FILE AT NEV. BUR. MINE

  • Production

    TINGLEY, J.F., 1978

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ; MODEL NAME COULD ALSO BE: SEDIMENT-HOSTED AU.
Deposit THIS SITE OF A SMALL GOLD PIT HAS BEEN EXPLORED RECENTLY FOR TUNGSTEN, AS LIMESTONE SEDIMENTS FORM AND EMBAYMENT WITHIN THE GRANODIORITE STOCK. THE LIME UNITS ARE CORRELATIVE WITH THOSE OF RILEY EXTENSION MINE WHICH HAVE FORMED TACTITES. DRILL HOLE DATA. HOWEVER DO NOT SUPPORT, STRONG POTENTIAL FOR A MINEABLE DEPOSIT OF TUNGSTEN ; 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-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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