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Black Sam Group

Occurrence in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Iron, Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045477
MRDS ID M233226
Record type Site
Current site name Black Sam Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.07594, 38.5402 (WGS84)
Relative position AT NW EDGE OF SUNRISE FLAT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sunrise Flat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 1/2 MI. S OF COPPER HEAD, UTM APPROX.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Granitic Rocks
    Rock description Granitic Rocks
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Luning
    Rock description Luning

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.07594, 38.5402
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 60.96M
    Width 15.24M

Comments on the geologic information

  • WESTWARD THE MINERALIZED ZONE TERMINATES AGAINST GRANITE; EASTWARD IT PASSES UNDER ALLUVIUM.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1965
Discoverer L. N. Lyons, H. Reddy Of 413 G St., Hawthorne, Nevada.

Mining district

District name Santa Fe District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • OLD OPEN PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAKER, ARTHUR, 1965, UNPUBLISHED REPORT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAGNETITE-HEMATITE-LIMONITE GOSSAN WITH COPPER STAINING OCCURS IN GARNETITE IN AN IRREGULAR ZONE 200 FT LONG, LOCALLY FT. WIDE WITH LIMESTONE ON BOTH WALLS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1981 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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