Bullion Prospect

Occurrence in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Iron, Vanadium
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047352
MRDS ID M242639
Record type Site
Current site name Bullion Prospect
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 2258

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.5346, 41.1946 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

King Lear Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jackson Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vya(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper 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 038N 031E 05 C NE OF SE OF SE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • S SIDE BIG CEDAR CREEK . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Vanadium Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2258, GRAB OF MAGNETITE VEIN, CONTAINS +20% FE, 0.15% MG, 0.07% CA, 0.15% TI, 300 PPM MN, 200 PPM B, 100 PPM BA, 200 PPM CO., 150 PPM CU, 150 PPM NI, 5 PPM SC, 700 PPM V, 15 PPM Y.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 62
USGS model code 18d
Deposit model name Skarn Fe

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Happy Creek Volcanic Series
    Rock description Happy Creek Volcanic Series

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.5346, 41.1946

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description E-W Thrust Fault

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Thrust Fault Between Kinglear Fm And Happy Creek Volcanics?

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Jackson Mountains District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG BULL 54, PL. I

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAGNETITE VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-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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