| Deposit ID | 10045102 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M232764 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Birthday Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Field Examiner Believes Birthday Mine To Be Same As Chefoo Tunnel Of, Lindgren and Lawrence, NBMG Sample Site-2641 |
| Related records | 10295193 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.58931, 41.82544 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1829 |
| Relative position | 60 MILES NORTH OF WINNEMUCCA |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Humboldt(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Buckskin Mountain(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Humboldt |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 045N | 039E | 33 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Antimony Critical | Tertiary |
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Stibnite | Ore |
| Tetrahedrite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | SAMPLE 2641 OF VEIN MATERIAL WITH VUGGY CLEAR QUARTZ, FLECKS OF BLUE-BLACK SULFIDE ALONG MARGINS OF VEIN, GALENA, -STIBNITE, CONTAINS 1.5 % FE, 0.07 % MG, 0.07 % CA, 0.2 % TI, 1-00 PPM MN, 700 PPM AG, 7000 PPM AS, 0.15 PPM AU (BY AA ANALYSI-S), 30 PPM B, 200 PPM BA, 15 PPM CR, 700 PPM CU, 5 PPM NI, 200-0 PPM PB, +10000 PPM SB, 50 PPM V, 700 PPM ZN, 200 PPM ZR. |
|---|
| Model code | 150 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 25c |
| Deposit model name | Epithermal vein, Comstock |
| Mark3 model number | 16 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite |
| (1) | -117.58931, 41.82544 |
|---|
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1925 |
| Year of first production | 1925 |
| District name | National District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M232764 |
WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT CO., NEV.: NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 59
TINGLEY, J. V., 29 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.
NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.
WILLDEN, R., 1964
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | NO STRUCTURES VISIBLE. VEIN MATERIAL ON DUMP VERY FRIABLE, CONSISTS OF AGGREGATES OF FINE QUARTZ CRYSTALS, CLAY, F-LECKS OF STIBNITE, SOME TETRAHEDRITE. |
| Deposit | THIS MINE IS REPORTED TO HAVE PRODUCED MOST OF THE DISTRICT'S ORE AFTER THE CLOSING OF THE NATIONAL MINE IN 1917, THROUGH THE 1920'S. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1981 | La Pointe, D. D. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-FEB-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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