Red Hammer Prospect

Occurrence in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Tungsten, Molybdenum, Copper, Manganese, Vanadium
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047404
MRDS ID M242700
Record type Site
Current site name Red Hammer Prospect
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 2858, Red Hammer Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.22906, 40.03961 (WGS84)
Elevation 1900

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sage Hen Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kumiva Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Granite Springs Valley(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 025N 024E 13 NE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ACCESSIBLE BY GOOD ROAD NORTH OF ALPINE AND NIGHTINGALE MINES . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Molybdenum Secondary
Copper Secondary
Manganese Critical Secondary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Garnet Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silication Of Limestone

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2858 OF GARNETIFEROUS TACTITE CONTAINS 10% FE, 0.7% MG, 20% CA, 0.3% TI, +5000 PPM MN, 3 PPM AG, 500 PPM AS, 0.05 PPM AU (BY AA ANALYSIS), 700 PPM B, 100 PPM BA, 30 PPM BI, 20 PPM CO, 15 PPM CR, 1500 PPM CU, 150 PPM MO, 15 PPM NI, 200 PPM PB, 10 PPM SC, 500 PPM SR, 1000 PPM V, 300 PPM W, 30 PPM Y, 50 PPM ZR.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 42
USGS model code 14a
Deposit model name W skarn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Auld Lang Syne Group
    Rock description Auld Lang Syne Group
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.22906, 40.03961

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Igneous Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1925

Mining district

District name Nightingale District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PITS AND DOZER CUTS

Comments on development

  • NO ACTIVITY IN 1984

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 17 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, NBMG BULL 89, PL-I.

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WORKINGS ARE ALONG A HIGHLY IRREGULAR CONTACT ZONE WHICH HAS BEEN EXPOSED BETWEEN METASEDIMENTS (MOSTLY LIMESTONES) AND THE GRANODIORITE. SAMPLE 2858 IS FROM THE BIGGEST OPEN PIT AND CONSISTS OF A ZONE SMALL GARNETIFEROUS ZONE WITH MINOR TUNGSTEN, COPPER AND ILSEMANNITE (MOLYBDENUM)
Deposit Discovery Year: 1920'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1986 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

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.