NBMG Sample Site 2237

Occurrence in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Barium-Barite, Arsenic
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. Ore body information
  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 10047356
MRDS ID M242644
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 2237
Alternate or previous names Copperhead

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.54017, 41.2571 (WGS84)
Elevation 1804

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hobo Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jackson Mountains(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 039N 031E 18,17 NE OF NE OF NE (18); NW OF NW OF NW (17) Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTH SIDE OF BLISS CANYON . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcanthite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Malachite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermally Altered Veins

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2237, CONTINUOUS ROCK CHIP FOR 3.2 FT OF BRECCIATED AND HYDROTHERMALLY ALTERED QUARTZ VEINS BEARING CU MINERALS, CONTAINS 3% FE, 0.05% MG, 0.5% CA, 0.2% TI, 1000 PPM MN, 3 PPM AG, + 10000 PPM AS, 100 PPM B, + 5000 PPM BA, 1.5 PPM BE, 20 PPM BI, 300 PPM CO, 20000 PPM CU, 7PPM MO, 70 PPM NI, 10 PPM PB, 100 PPM SB, 5 PPM SC, 700 PPM SR, 70 PPM

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 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) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Happy Creek Volcanic Series
    Rock description Happy Creek Volcanic Series

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Jackson Mountains District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT SHOWN ON TOPO MAP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION AND SUBSEQUENT SAMPLE ANALYSIS

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG BULL 59, PL.I.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BRECCIATED AND HYDROTHERMALLY ALTERED QUARTZ VEINS IN VOLCANICS

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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