| Deposit ID | 10045122 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M232789 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Black Top Claims |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.51485, 40.73934 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | ABOUT 17 MILES SOUTH OF GOLCONDA |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Humboldt(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Sheep Ranch Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Winnemucca(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Humboldt |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 033N | 041E | 08 | N2 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Manganese Critical | Primary |
| Iron | Secondary |
| Result | ASSAY RESULT: 14.6% MN, 1.3% FE, 2.1% AL2 O3 |
|---|
| Model code | 74 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 19b |
| Deposit model name | Replacement Mn |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite |
| Rock unit name | Havallah Formation |
| Rock description | Havallah Formation |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert |
| (1) | -117.51485, 40.73934 |
|---|
| General form | BLANKET, PODS |
|---|---|
| Strike | N20-45W |
| Dip | 40-85NE |
| Thickness | 2.13M |
| Length | 12.19M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Buffalo Mountain Mining Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Knight, Edward H. |
| First year | 1959 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M232789 |
SHIBLER, B.K. & WELLS R.R., 1951, CONCENTRATION OF OXIDE AND SILICATE MANGANESE ORES FROM THE VICINITY OF GOLCONDA, NEVADA: U.S.B.M. REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 4754., P. 1, 6-8
TRENGROVE, R.R., 1959, RECONNAISSANCE OF NEVADA MANGANESE DEPOSITS: U.S.B.M. REPT. OF INV. 5446., P. 17-18
SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, P. 96.
USBM, 1983 MILS DATA.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | LENSES OF MN ORE DEPOSITED CONTEMPORANEOUSLY WITH THE ENCLOSING SEDIMENTARY BEDS.. THIS PROSPECT IS OFTEN LISTED WITH THE MN DEPOSITS OF THE BLACK DIABLO DISTRICT IN PERSHING COUNTY, ACROSS PUMPE-RNICKEL VALLEY TO THE SOUTHWEST. THE DEPOSITS ARE SIMILAR IN N-ATURE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-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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