| Deposit ID | 10045510 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M233273 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Huber Hills/Granite Ridge |
| Geographic coordinates: | -115.93149, 41.83796 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 2.5 MILES EAST OF MOUNTAIN CITY |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Elko(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Mountain City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Jarbidge Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Wells(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Owyhee(hydrologic unit)
Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)
Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)
Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Elko |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 046N | 054E | 29;32 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Molybdenum | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Molybdenite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Model code | 80 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 21b |
| Deposit model name | Porphyry Mo, low-F |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Mountain City Quartz Monzonite | ||||||||
| Rock description | Mountain City Quartz Monzonite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite |
| Rock unit name | Mountain City Quartz Monzonite |
| Rock description | Mountain City Quartz Monzonite |
| (1) | -115.93149, 41.83796 |
|---|
| General form | TABULAR, DISSEMINATED |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Mountain City |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M233273 |
SCHILLING, J.H., 1962, AN INVENTORY OF MOLYBDENUM OCCURANCES IN NEVADA: NBMG REPT. 2
SMITH, R.M., 1976, MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA, U.S.G.S. OPEN FILE REPT. 1976-56
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MOLYBDENITE OCCURS IN QUARTZ/PYRITE VEINS AND ALSO DISSEMINATED IN QUARTZ MONZONITE |
| Deposit | AT HEAD OF SCHLAG DRAW, DRILLING AND BULLDOZING HAS BEEN DONE EXPLORING FOR MOLYBDENITE. ONE ADIT PRESENT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-OCT-1979 | Taylor, J. K. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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