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Granite Mountain Cu-Mo Property

Occurrence in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Molybdenum, Silver, 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. 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 10047377
MRDS ID M242666
Record type Site
Current site name Granite Mountain Cu-Mo Property
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 2330

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.7679, 40.29434 (WGS84)
Elevation 2085

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Granite Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fish Creek Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 028N 037E 13 SE OF SW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON TOP OF RIDGE AT HEADS OF WATER CANYON AND KENNEDY CANYON . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Primary
Silver Secondary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Molybdenite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Pervasive Potassium Metasomatism; Weak Propylitic Alteration; Pyrite-Sericite-Clay Alteration. The Potassium Metasomatism Affects An Area About 1.8 Km In One Direction.

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2330 IS A GRAB FROM ROTARY CUTTINGS ON DRILL ROAD AT TWO ADJACENT DRILL HOLES. IT CONTAINS 10% FE, 3% MG, 5% CA, 0.7% TI, 1500 PPM MN, 1 PPM AG, 20 PPM B, 5000 PPM BA, 1.5% PPM BE, 20 PPM CO, 15 PPM CR, 150 PPM CU, 100 PPM LA, 10 PPM NI, 50 PPM PB, 10 PPM SC, 3000 PPM SR, 300 PPM V, 50 PPM W, 20 PPM Y, 100 PPM ZR.

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 Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.7679, 40.29434
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DISSEMINATED
    Width 460M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1975
Discoverer William A. Bowes, Inc.

Mining district

District name Kennedy District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • OVER 10 KM OF DRILL AND ACCESS ROADS; PROBABLY OVER 1 DOZEN ROTARYDRILL HOLES

Comments on development

  • DISCOVERED EARLY 1980 BY GEOCHEMISTRY; NO ACTIVITY IN 1984. IN THE MID-1970'S, W.A. BOWES INC. FOUND ANOMALOUS COPPER VALUES IN SOILS OVER A BROAD AREA OF GRANODIORITIC ROCKS ON NORTH FLANK OF GRANITE MOUNTAIN. DIAMOND DRILLING OUTLINED OVERLAPPING ZONES OF MO AND CU IN THE SUBSURFACE (FIRST AT 100 FT BELOW SURFACE). THE ZONES RICH IN MOLYBDENITE AND CHALCOPYRITE ARE ABOUT 460 M WIDE, BUT OCCURRENCES OF MOLYBDENITE AND CHALCOPYRITE IN DRILL CORE EXTEND OVER A MUCH LARGER AREA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., 12 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

  • Deposit

    BOWES, W. A., KUTINA, JAN; FREDRIKSSON, KURT; GOLIGHTLY, D.W., 1982; GLOBAL TECTONICS AND METALLOGENY, VOL. 1, NO. 4, P402-439

  • Deposit

    JUHAS, A.P., 1982, GLOBAL TECTONICS AND METALLOGENY, VOL. 1, NO.4., P.356-372.

  • Deposit

    KUTINA, JAN AND BOWES, W. A., 1982; GLOBAL TECTONICS AND METALLOGENY, VOL. 1, NO. 4, P.336-354

  • Deposit

    THURBER, J.E., 1982, PETROLOGY AND CUMO MINERALIZATION OF THE KENNEDY STOCK, EAST RANGE, PERSHING CO., NV; : MS. THESIS, COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY, FORT COLLINS.

  • Deposit

    USGS OFR 50-715, 1980.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CU-MO MINERALIZATION IS REPORTED FROM THE GRANODIORITE ROCKS OF GRANITE MOUNTAIN. WIDESPREAD K-METASOMATISM IS REPORTED.
Deposit Discovery Year: MID 1970'S

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

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