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Snow Squall Mine

Prospect in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047328
MRDS ID M242613
Record type Site
Current site name Snow Squall Mine
Alternate or previous names Far Claims, NBMG Sample Site 1490
Related records 10222607

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.73821, 40.50767 (WGS84)
Elevation 1600

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rocky Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eugene Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Granite Springs Valley(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 031N 029E 33 NW OF SW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 1490 CONTAINS 0.5% FE, 0.2% MG, +20% CA, 0.07% TI, 30 PPM MN, 70 PPM AG, 300 PPM BA, 1 PPM BE, 5 PPM CU, 50 PPM LA, 20 PPM MO, 30 PPM PB, 5 PPM SC, 200 PPM SR, 70 PPM Y, 50 PPM ZR.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.73821, 40.50767
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 40 W
    Dip 60 SW
    Thickness 0.3M

Comments on the geologic information

  • NAME SNOW SQUALL TAKEN FROM CLAIM MAP IN SHAMBERGER

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Farrell District; Stone House District; Seven Troughs District (Northern Part)

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Pacific Coast Mines Inc. ; Standard Slag Co, Reno
    First year 1983

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS AND SHAFT; NEW DOZER WORK; DRILL HOLES; STOPE

Comments on development

  • FRESH DOZER WORK; ROTARY DRILL RIG ON PROPERTY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J.V., 7 JUN 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION, AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    SHAMBERGER, H.A., 1972, HISTORIC MINING CAMPS OF NEVADA-SEVEN TROUGHS, NEVADA HISTORICAL

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, NBMG BULL 89, PL. I.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWIN WORKINGS ON SOUTH SLOPE OF HILL; LOWER ADIT DRIVEN NORTH INTO HILL EXPOSES CRUSHED, HORIZONTAL FLOW CONTACT AT PORTAL. ROCK HEAVY WITH MNO AND FE OX. ROCK ON DUMPS IS FE-OXIDE STAINED ALTERED ANDESITE, SOME FLUORITE-BEARING QUARTZ VEIN MATERIAL. UPPER WORKINGS ARE A VERTICAL SHAFT COLLARED IN PINK FLAGGY RHYOLITE FLOW. ROCK ON DUMP FRIABLE, FE-OXIDE STAINED RHYOLITE WITH FLUORITE-QUARTZ VEIN MATERIAL. FLUORITE PRESENT AS CLOTS, SUBHEDRAL MAMMILLARY FRACTURE FILLINGS AND IN VUGS. SOME WHITE CHALCEDONIC QUARTZ PRESENT. SAMPLE 1490 TAKEN FROM HIGH-GRADE PILE BY SHAFT. IN SMALL PIT DOWNSLOPE FROM SAMPLE SITE, A N 40 W, 60 SW SHEAR ZONE IS EXPOSED. BLACK ALTERED HORNFELS ON HANGING WALL, GREEN AND COLORLESS FLUORITE PRESENT IN SHEAR ZONE WITH FE-OX; ZONE 0.5-1.00 FT WIDE, 2 INCHES OF FLUORITE NEAR FOOTWALL. IN PIT ABOUT 20 FT TO THE EAST, WHITE-TAN KAOLINIZED DIKE IS EXPOSED, DIKE VERY FINE-GRAINED, MAINLY QUARTZ (COULD BE PHOYLITE) LIES IN THE FOOTWALL OF THE FLUORITE RICH
Deposit ZONE.

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

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