Campbell 6

Occurrence in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Tungsten, Beryllium
Sections on this page
  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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045671
MRDS ID M233461
Record type Site
Current site name Campbell 6
Alternate or previous names New Deal

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.77448, 40.2877 (WGS84)
Relative position E. SLOPE OF RUBY MT.S-4500'SW OF STAR MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Currie Gardens(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Currie(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elko(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Spring-Steptoe 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 Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 028N 058E 18;19 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 2 MILES E. OF HARRISON PASS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Beryllium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Powellite Ore
Scheelite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Skarn

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 42
USGS model code 14a
Deposit model name W skarn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.77448, 40.2877

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Total Contact Zone 1500' Wide; Tactite To 8' Wide

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip 80E-90
    Width 2.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Intrusive Contact

Comments on the geologic information

  • BERYL IN TACTITE, IN GRANITIC ROCKS AND IN PEGMATITES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Harrison Pass

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • ORE AVERAGED 1.0% WOZ

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE CAMPBELL OR NEAR DEAL PROSPECT IS ONE OF MANY TUNGSTEN PROPERTIES IN THE HARRISON PASS DISTRICT ON THE E SLOPE OF THE RUBY MT.S SCHEELITE IS THE MAIN ORE MINERAL, OCCURRING IN TACTICE BODIES ALONG THE INTRUSIVE COINTACT. NO RECORDED PRODUCTION ORE IS BELIEVED TO AVERAGE 1.0% WOZ. THIS PROPERTY LIES S OF THE PROPERTY OF THE STAN TUNGSLEN MINE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit TACTITE BODIES ALONG INTRUSIVE CONTACT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Tingley, J.V. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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