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Siskon Property

Prospect in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Molybdenum, Iron
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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. 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. Ownership information
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046761
MRDS ID M241967
Record type Site
Current site name Siskon Property
Alternate or previous names Poison Spring Property, Cucomungo Deposit, Alum Gulch Deposit, Tule Canyon Deposit, Sorenson and Roper Properties, Chessher Property, Alum Creek Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.63898, 37.36356 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Last Chance Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Last Chance Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Death Valley-Lower Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007S;006S 039E;039E 03,02;34 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • AT RIM ABOVE POISON SPRING ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FLAKES AND ROSETTES OF MOLYBDENITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ferrimolybdite Ore
Ilsemannite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Clay Gangue
Jarosite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Sericitization, Argillization Of Rocks Along Zone Of Weakness

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 80
USGS model code 21b
Deposit model name Porphyry Mo, low-F

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Sylvania Pluton, Cottonwood Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Sylvania Pluton, Cottonwood Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.63898, 37.36356
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Trending N50w

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Length 8046.5M
    Width 304.8M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Nw-Trending Zone Of Weakness

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sylvania (Green Mountain) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Sorensons
    First year 1964

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 274.32M

Comments on the workings information

  • BULLDOZER CUTS, DRILL HOLES, ROPER ADIT (ABOUT 900 FT LONG INCLUDING SEVERAL SHORT LATERALS)

Comments on development

  • BEAR CREEK CO. WAS ACTIVELY EXPLORING THIS PROSPECT IN EARLY 1960'S THEY DROPPED THEIR OPTION AND ANACONDA SPENT 2 WEEKS LOGGING THEIR DRILL HOLES, WHICH EXTEND SEVERAL MILES NW AND SE ALONG PROJECTIONS OF THE OUTCROP EXPOSURE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAKER, ARTHUR, III, 1964, UNPUBLISHED FIELD NOTES ON LIDA DISTRICT: NBMG FILE 95, ITEM 1

  • Deposit

    SCHILLING, JOHN H., 1962, NBMG REPORT 2, P. 17-18

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 78, P. 63-64, 71.

  • Deposit

    SCHILLING, J.H., (1979) MOLYBDENUM RESOURCES OF NEVADA; N.B.M.G. OFR-79-3.

  • Deposit

    SCHILLING, J.H. (1977) INDEX TO ??? AND CUTTINYS; NBMG REPORT 30

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LARGE AREA AFFECTED BY ALTERATION AND MINERALIZATION, POSSIBLY SEVERAL SQUARE MILES. FLAKES AND ROSETTES OF MOLYBDENITE ARE SPARSELY DISSEMINATED THROUGH THE QUARTZ MONZONITE AND ALONG SELVAGES OF QUARTZ VEINLETS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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