| Deposit ID | 10046753 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M241958 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Hardhat Workings |
| Alternate or previous names | Pile-Driver Adit? |
| Related records | 10174166 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -116.0592, 37.22357 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1503 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Nye(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Oak Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Pahute Mesa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Sand Spring-Tikaboo Valleys(hydrologic unit)
Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)
Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
DOE(Federal land areas administered by DOE)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Nye |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Molybdenum | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Molybdenite | Ore |
| Kaolinite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Climax Stock | ||||||
| Rock description | Climax Stock | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| (1) | -116.0592, 37.22357 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | 3 Joint Sets (1) Nw, Near Vertical (2) Nne, Near Vertical (3) Ne, 20-35 Ne |
| Strike | NW |
|---|---|
| Dip | 20-35 NE |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Oak Spring District |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 182.88M |
| Overall depth | 237.74M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M241958 |
SCHILLING, JOHN, 1968, NOTES, NBMG FILE 243, ITEM 4.
SCHILLING, JOHN, 1968, MOLYBDENUM RESOURCES OF NEVADA, NBMG OFR 79-3.
QUADE, J., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION ON MAR. 23, 1983
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | 3 JOINT SETS. MOLYBDENITE FLAKES AND AGGREGATES ALONG JOINTS, IN QUARTZ VEINLETS PEGMATITE DIKELETS, AND IN WALL ROCK ADJACENT TO THESE STRUCTURES, COMMONLY WITH PYRITE |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1983 | La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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