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Hansen & Knudsen Claims

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodity Manganese
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045123
MRDS ID M232790
Record type Site
Current site name Hansen & Knudsen Claims
Alternate or previous names Topsy Claim 1959, Ben Claim?1984

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.45624, 40.80767 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676
Relative position 11 MILES SW OF IRON POINT ON S.P.R.R.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goldrun Creek(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 035N 041E 30 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • MILS DATA PLACES THIS PROPERTY IN THE VICINITY OF THE BEN CLAIM, WHICH WAS EXAMINED IN 1984, AND WHOSE DESCRIPTION- FITS THAT OF TOPSY, HANSEN AND KNUDSEN CLAIMS. USBM RI 5446 A-LSO LOCATES IT IN T35N, R41E.; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = GOLDRUN CREEK (1965) 1:24000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Rhodochrosite Ore
Rhodonite Ore

Analytical data

Result 45% MN

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 74
USGS model code 19b
Deposit model name Replacement Mn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Pumpernickel
    Rock description Pumpernickel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.45624, 40.80767
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET, LENSES
    Dip GENTLY SW
    Thickness 7.62M
    Length 22.86M
    Width 15.24M

Comments on the geologic information

  • LENSLIKE BODIES OF PSILOMELANE AND PYROLUSITE ASSOC. WITH RHODONITE AND RHODOCHROSITE AS LARGE AS 25 FT. IN DIAMETER AND 2 FT. THICK. MANY OTHER LENSES OF OXIDIZED ORE OCCURRED WHICH WERE 10-25 FT. IN DIAMETER, AND 1-2 FT. THICK. UNOXIDIZED LENSES OF MANGANIFEROUS CHERT IN WHICH THE MANGANESE OCCURS AS RHODONITE FORM REPLACEMENT DEPOSITS IN SHALE AND QUARTZITE. THE LARGEST LENSES ARE 50 TO 75 FT. IN DIAMETER AND 6 TO 10 FT. THICK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1918
Year of first production 1918

Mining district

District name Golconda District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • A FEW CARLOADS OF 40% MN ORE MINED BEFORE JUNE 1918.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, F.L., & BURCHARD, E.F., 1920, CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, PT. I; U.S.G.S. BULL. 710., PLATE X, P. 238-239

  • Deposit

    TRENGROVE, R.R., 1959, RECONNAISSANCE OF NEVADA MANGANESE DEPOSITS: U.S.B.M. REPT. INV. 5446., P. 21

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1983, MILS DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS ARE MINED FROM OPEN CUTS, AND UPON SORTING. THE MATERIAL YIELDS 1 TON ORE PER 4-5 TONS OF MATERIAL. THE SORTED ORE RUNS 45% MN, 10.5% S1O2, AND A LITTLE IRON. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1981 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1985 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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