| Deposit ID | 10045098 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M232760 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Grove Group |
| Alternate or previous names | Howard Property |
| Related records | 10125710 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.51656, 41.87931 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 11 MILES SE OF DENIO |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Humboldt(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Wilder Creek Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Denio(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Vya(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower 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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Humboldt |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 046N | 031E | 09 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 273 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 36a |
| Deposit model name | Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
| Mark3 model number | 27 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| (1) | -118.51656, 41.87931 |
|---|
| General form | VEIN |
|---|---|
| Strike | N-S |
| Dip | 45W |
| Thickness | 1.22M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1875 |
| Year of first production | 1875 |
| District name | Opalite District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Harrison Grove And B. W. Hamilton |
| First year | 1938 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 91.44M |
| Overall depth | 27.43M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M232760 |
VANDERBURG, W.O., 1938, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN HUMBOLDT CO., NEV.; U.S.B.M. INF. CIRC. 6995
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1870'S |
| Deposit | THREE UNPATENTED CLAIMS OWNED IN 1938 BY HARRISON GROVE AND B.W. HAMILTON: IN THE 1870'S, SEVERAL CARLOADS OF ORE WERE SHIPPED. IN 1937, 2 MEN WERE EMPLOYED IN PROSPECTING A VEIN ON THE PROPERTY. DEVELOPEMENT CONSISTED OF A SHAFT 90 FT. DEEP AND SCATTERED WORKINGS TOTALLING ABOUT 300 FEET. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| 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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