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NBMG Sample Site 2239

Occurrence in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Manganese, Barium-Barite
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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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047358
MRDS ID M242646
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 2239
Alternate or previous names Bliss Canyon Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.541, 41.26599 (WGS84)
Elevation 1567

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 07 SE OF NE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON NORTH SIDE OF NORTH FORTH OF BLISS CANYON, ABOUT A MILE UP FROM ITS MOUTH . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching; Potassic

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2239, A RANDOM CHIP, 9 FT, VOLCANIC-SHEAR ZONE CONTACT WITH FELSIC INTRUSIVE. BLEACHED, IRON-STAINED, RECRYSTALLIZED "POTASSIC", PYRITE CAST, LIMONITE. IT CONTAINS 10% FE, 0.2% MG, 3% CA, 0.2% TI, 2000 PPM MN, 100 PPM B, 3000 PPM BA, 1 PPM BE, 15 PPM CO, 10 PPM CR, 50 PPM CU, 70 PPM MO, 10 PPM NI, 7 PPM SC, 200 PPM SR, 200 PPM V, 70 PPM Y, 150 PPM ZR.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 74
USGS model code 19b
Deposit model name Replacement Mn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.541, 41.26599
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone At Contact Of Volcanics With Intrusive

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION DATA AND SUBSEQUENT SAMPLE ANALYSIS

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

  • Deposit

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

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

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