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Horse Creek Prospect

Prospect in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Uranium, Gold, Barium-Barite
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047287
MRDS ID M242565
Record type Site
Current site name Horse Creek Prospect
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 2415, Possibly Same As Wide-Awake-Betty Brown Group?
Related records 10222211

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.16793, 41.84155 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Calavera Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denio(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vya(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper 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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 046N 034E 28 CENTER OF N2 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Gold Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2415 OF VOLCANIC FROM DUMP CONTAINS 5% FE, 2% MG, 5% CA, 0.5% TI, 500 PPM MN, 50 PPM B, 2000 PPM BA, 20 PPM CO, 30 PPM CR, 70 PPM CU, 10 PPM NI, 15 PPM PB, 15 PPM SC, 300 PPM SR, 150 PPM V, 15 PPM Y, 200 PPM ZR.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 155
USGS model code 25f
Deposit model name Volcanogenic U

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.16793, 41.84155
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Disaster District

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE ADIT TRENDS N 80 W, MAYBE 100 FT LONG. SMALL TRENCHES BOTH UP AND DOWN CANYON FROM THE ADIT. DILAPIDATED ORE BIN AT MOUTH OF ADIT AND ACROSS CREEK. ANOTHER CAVED ADIT ABOUT 1/2 MILE UP STREAM FROM THESE WORKINGS. NUMEROUS OLD WORKINGS ALL THE WAYUP THE CANYON STARTING AT MOUTH OF CANYON.

Comments on development

  • CHEVRON MINERALS WORK IS ON SOUTH SIDE OF CANYON. NEW DOZER CUT IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF ADIT WITH SMALL FRONT END LOADER SITTING ON IT. ADIT IS FAIRLY OLD.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RYTUBA, ET AL., USGS, OFR

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 59.

  • Deposit

    JONES, R.B., 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION 8-15-84, AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ADIT IS DRIVEN ON A COARSE-GRAINED ANDESITE/DACITE. PHENOCRYSTS OF BIOTITE ARE QUITE NUMEROUS AND HAVE BEEN ALTERED TO CHLORITE IN LARGE PART

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-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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