Stone Corral Prospect

Occurrence in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047290
MRDS ID M242569
Record type Site
Current site name Stone Corral Prospect
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 2444
Related records 10295133

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.45096, 41.09739 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Anderson Gardens(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Osgood Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 037N 040E 10 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2444 FROM SHEAR ZONE AND REMAINS OF OLD DUMP AT FOOT OF STAMP MILL CONTAINS 7% FE, 0.07% MG, 0.1% TI, 70 PPM MN, 70 PPM B, 300 PPM BA, 1 PPM BE, 5 PPM CO, 20 PPM CR, 30 PPM CU, 30 PPM LA, 20 PPM NI, 5 PPM SC, 30 PPM V, 15 PPM Y, 300 PPM ZR.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.45096, 41.09739

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 40 E
    Dip 57 NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Dutch Flat District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE OPENCUT/ROAD ACROSS SLOPE OF HILL, COUPLE OF SMALL PITS, 300 FT CUT ALONG FOOTWALL OF SHEAR ZONE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JONES, R.B., 1985, FIELD EXAMINATION, 4/23/85, AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION IN SHEAR ZONE WITHIN METASEDIMENTS, MOSTLY QUARTZITE. MINOR QUARTZ VEINLETS IN QUARTZITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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