Queenstake's North Structure

Occurrence in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  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 10047392
MRDS ID M242682
Record type Site
Current site name Queenstake's North Structure
Alternate or previous names Mt. Tobin Gold-Silver Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.50123, 40.33184 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Needle Peak(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;029N 040E;040E 05;32 N2 (05); S2 (32) Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 104
USGS model code 25a
Deposit model name Hot-spring Au-Ag
Mark3 model number 45

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    Rock unit name Pumpernickel;Havallah
    Rock description Pumpernickel;Havallah

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.50123, 40.33184

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Thrust Fault

Ore body information

  • Length 914.4M
    Width 137.16M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mount Tobin District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Option By Frm Minerals (First Mississippi Corp)
    First year 1984
  • Type Owner
    Owner Queenstake Resources Ltd
    First year 1984

Comments on development

  • 124 UNPATENTED CLAIMS ACQUIRED BY QUEENSTAKE RESOURCES LTD.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED REPORT BY QUEENSTAKE RESOURCES, LTD, 1984 ON THE MT. TOBIN SILVER-GOLD PROPERTY.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SOIL SAMPLES ACROSS A MINERALIZED ZONE THAT IS CONCORDANT WITH THE ENCLOSING CHERTS, SHALES AND LIMESTONES HAVE OUTLINED A COINCIDENT PB-ZN-AG ANOMALY RANGING IN WIDTH FROM 100 TO 450 FT OVER A POSSIBLE STRIKE LENGTH OF AS MUCH AS 3000 FT. THE MODE OF OCCURRENCE AND THE TYPE OF ALTERATION AND MINERALIZATION SUGGEST A VOLCANOGENIC ORIGIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-86 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-94 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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