NBMG Sample Site 2449

Occurrence in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Mercury
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047293
MRDS ID M242573
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 2449
Alternate or previous names Dutch Flat Mine Area

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.48207, 41.19017 (WGS84)
Elevation 1536

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Delvada Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Osgood Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(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 038N 040E 09 CENTER OF NW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • SPRING CANYON . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2449 FROM SMALL DUMP ALONG SOUTHSIDE OF ROAD UP SPRING CANYON CONTAINS 5% FE, 0.07% MG, 0.07% CA, 0.1% TI, 200 PPM MN, 7 PPM AG, 0.75 PPM AU, (AA ANALYSIS)
Result 150 PPM B, 200 PPM BA, 1 PPM BE, 20 PPM CR, 70 PPM CU, 20 PPM LA, 10 PPM NI, 700 PPM PB, 300 PPM SB, 5 PPM SC, 200 PPM SR, 15 PPM V, 10 PPM Y, 300 PPM ZN, 50 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 Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Harmony
    Rock description Harmony
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.48207, 41.19017

Economic information

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 Private

Comments on the workings information

  • A FEW VERY SMALL PROSPECTS

Comments on development

  • SODA CLAIMS RECENTLY STAKED (1985) ALONG RANGE FRONT BETWEEN SODARISI AND SPRING CANYONS-JOHN D. WOODS CLAIMONT, WINNEMUCCA, NV., FEB. 25, 1985.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JONES, R.B., 1985, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION 4-24-85, AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    HOTZ, P.E. AND WILLDEN, R., 1964, NSGS PP. 431.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HEAVILY FE-STAINED MATERIAL ON PROSPECT DUMP.

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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