| 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: | -117.50123, 40.33184 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2134 |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Pershing |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 028N;029N | 040E;040E | 05;32 | N2 (05); S2 (32) | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Model code | 104 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 25a |
| Deposit model name | Hot-spring Au-Ag |
| Mark3 model number | 45 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale | ||
| |||
| 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 |
| (1) | -117.50123, 40.33184 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Thrust Fault |
| Length | 914.4M |
|---|---|
| Width | 137.16M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Mount Tobin District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Option By Frm Minerals (First Mississippi Corp) |
| First year | 1984 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Queenstake Resources Ltd |
| First year | 1984 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M242682 |
UNPUBLISHED REPORT BY QUEENSTAKE RESOURCES, LTD, 1984 ON THE MT. TOBIN SILVER-GOLD PROPERTY.
JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, NBMG BULL 89.
NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.
| 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 |
| 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 |
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