Pure Gold No. 1 Claim

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Tungsten
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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  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 10047294
MRDS ID M242574
Record type Site
Current site name Pure Gold No. 1 Claim
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 2951

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.58044, 41.55155 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676
Relative position ABOUT 1 MILE WEST OF HAPGOOD SILVER MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dyke Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denio(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vya(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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 043N 030E 36 PROJECTED FROM EAST SW OF SW OF SW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ACCESSIBLE BY POOR 4-WHEEL DRIVE ROAD FOR 2 MILES WEST OF THE MAIN ROAD . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Iron Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2951 FROM DUMP AND ADIT NEAR SHAFT CONTAINS +20% FE, 0.05% MG, 0.05% CA, 0.05% TI, 500 PPM MN, 5 PPM AG, 300 PPM AS, 14 PPM AU (AA ANALYSIS), 200 PPM B, 200 PPM BA, 5 PPM CO, 15 PPM CR, 700 PPM CU, 10 PPM NI, 100 PPM SR, 500 PPM V, 50 PPM W.

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 Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.58044, 41.55155

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fracturing Of Meta-Volcanics

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • CU-RICH VEIN MATERIAL IS PILED NEAR THE SITE OF A SHACK AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1900

Mining district

District name Varyville District; Florence District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Robinson Industries And Associates
    Home office Aurora, Co
    First year 1984

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE SHAFT, MANY RECENT DOZER CUTS; ROAD IMPROVEMENTS FROM CHERRY CREEK DATE FROM ABOUT 1979. DOZER CUTS RUN MOSTLY N-S, ACROSS E-W VEIN STRUCTURE

Comments on development

  • AREA WAS MINED IN EARLY 1900'S. DISCOVERY STAKING, NOV. 29, 1918. CURRENTLY STAKED FOR ABOUT 3-4 SQUARE MILES BY ROBINSON INDUSTRIES AND ASSOCIATED OF AURORA, COLORADO, 9-6-84.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 1984, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION 9-27-84, AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG BULL 59.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOSSAN-LIKE HIGHLY OXIDIZED VEINS, PARTLY BRECCIATED AND IRON-STAINED.

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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