| Deposit ID | 10045545 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M233312 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Banner |
| Geographic coordinates: | -116.78901, 41.2449 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Elko(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Midas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Tuscarora(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Rock(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 | Elko |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 039N | 046E | 21 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Argentite | Ore |
| 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) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite |
| (1) | -116.78901, 41.2449 |
|---|
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | NW |
| Dip | 85NE |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1910 |
| Year of first production | 1910 |
| District name | Gold Circle |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M233312 |
SMITH R. M. (1976) MINERAL RES. OF ELKO CO NEV. USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT
ROTT E. H. (1931) ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GOLD CIRCLE DISTRICT, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 12
EMMONS W. H. (1910) RECONNAISSANCE OF ELKO, EUREKA, AND LANDER CO NEV. USGS BALL 408
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | FISSURE VEIN BEARS AURIFEROUS PYRITE, ARGENTITE & RUBY SILVER. |
| Deposit | THE VEIN IS THE SAME AS THE ST. PAUL LODE JUST FURTHER SOUTHEAST ALONG STRIKE. WORK CONSISTS OF THREE SHAFTS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-OCT-1979 | Kirkham, Richard A. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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