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Gold Ribbon Rock Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047255
MRDS ID M242528
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Ribbon Rock Mine
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 2805
Related records 10183902

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.52793, 40.72322 (WGS84)
Elevation 1775

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Scossa(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eugene Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Quinn(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 033N 031E 18 SE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ACCESSIBLE VIA FAIR ROAD, UNIMPROVED THE LAST 2 MILES . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Iron Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2805 CONTAINS 5% FE, 1% MG, 7% CA, 0.03% TI, 1500 PPM MN, 1.5 PPM AG, 1000 PPM AS, 30 PPM B, 70 PPM BA, 10 PPM CR, 20 PPM CU, 15 PPM NI, 50 PPM PB, 100 PPM SR, 15 PPM V, 20 PPM Y, 10 PPM ZR.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
    Rock unit name Auld Lang Syne
    Rock description Auld Lang Syne
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.52793, 40.72322
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 45 E
    Dip 75 NW
    Length 396.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Antelope District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Lee Ann Parkinson (From Claim Notice)

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE DEEP SHAFT, SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS AND 5-6 PROSPECTS

Comments on development

  • APPEARS TO BE ABOUT 50 YEARS OLD

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION, 9-3-84

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, NBMG BULL. 89, PL. I.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IRON-STAINED QUARTZ VEIN, FAULT CONTROLLED. WORKINGS HAVE EXPLORED THE VEIN ALONG ITS STRIKE FOR A QUARTER MILE, BUT NONE ARE ACCESSIBLE. SAMPLE 2805 WAS TAKEN FROM THE DUMP AT THE MAIN SHAFT AND FROM EXPOSED PORTIONS OF THE VEIN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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