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Usbm Samples #184 and #185

Occurrence in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodity Tungsten
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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. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046915
MRDS ID M242144
Record type Site
Current site name Usbm Samples #184 and #185

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.35001, 38.81523 (WGS84)
Elevation 2042

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Minerva Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Garrison(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(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 White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 011N 068E 16 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Altered Limestone

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES ASSAYED 0-0.04% W (1981)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Pole Canyon Limestone
    Rock description Pole Canyon Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.35001, 38.81523
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciated Fault Zone; Contact Of Limestone With Rhyolite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Shoshone (Minerva, Lexington, Tungsten) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 80-FT ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1983, OPEN FILE REPORT MLA 68-83

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FAULT ZONE WITH QUARTZ, CALCITE, BRECCIA AND GOUGE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1983 La Pointe, D.D. (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.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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