Gold Run No. 23 Claim

Occurrence in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Molybdenum, Tungsten, Manganese, Chromium, Bismuth
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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047311
MRDS ID M242594
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Run No. 23 Claim
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Sites 496 and 497
Related records 10270796

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.4229, 40.81907 (WGS84)
Elevation 1494

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goldrun Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle 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 034N 040E 13 NW OF SE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM IS FOR SAMPLE 496. UTM FOR SAMPLE SITE 497 IS N4518510, E464410. . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification; Pyritization

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 496 OF IRON-SULFIDE BEARING ROCK CONTAINS 10% FE, 10% MG, 15% CA, 0.2% TI, 2000 PPM MN, 200 PPM BA, 100 PPM CO, 1500 PPM CR, 500 PPM CU, 20 PPM MO, 100 PPM NI, 70 PPM PB, 200 PPM SB, 30 PPM SC, 150 PPM SR, 300 PPM V, 10 PPM Y, 20 PPM ZR. SAMPLE 497 CONTAINS 15% FE, 0.02% MG, 0.05% CA, 0.003% TI, 70 PPM MN, 2 PPM AG, 50 PPM B, 200 PPM BA, 1000 PPM BI, 15 PPM CO, 700 PPM CU, 200 PPM MO, 20 PPM NI, 10 PPM PB, 50 PPM V, 200 PPM W.

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 > Metavolcanic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Pumpernickel;Havallah
    Rock description Pumpernickel;Havallah
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.4229, 40.81907

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gold Run District; Adelaide District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL DEEP BULLDOZER TRENCHES AND A DRILL HOLE NEAR SAMPLE SITE 496. MORE DOZER ROADS 1 KM TO NE

Comments on development

  • CUTS WERE PROBABLY MADE IN THE LAST FEW YEARS. NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1984.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., 1984, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION, 20 JUN 84, AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS

  • Deposit

    USGS, 1978, MAP GQ-1407

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG BULL 59.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DRILL HOLES HIT A LOT OF PYRITE IN THIS UNIT, WHICH MAY BE AN INTRUSIVE. A 15 CM WIDE QUARTZ VEIN WAS ENCOUNTERED IN THE DEEPEST TRENCH

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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