Knight Prospect

Occurrence in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodity Tungsten
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047408
MRDS ID M242707
Record type Site
Current site name Knight Prospect
Alternate or previous names Ed Knight's Claims, Ne End of Mountain King Mine Area
Related records 10014331

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.28846, 41.20822 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Adam Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Osgood Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 039N 042E 31 SE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR CREST OF OSGOOD RANGE ABOUT 0.5 MILE EAST OF RICHMOND MINE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Analytical data

Result UP TO 2% WO3, BUT AVERAGE 0.5% WO3.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Osgood Stock
    Rock description Osgood Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Skarn (Tactite)
    Rock unit name Preble
    Rock description Preble
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.28846, 41.20822

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Of Granodiorite With Limestone Salient

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Potosi District; Getchell District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL PITS, TRENCHES, SHALLOW INCLINED SHAFT

Comments on development

  • NO RECORD OF PRODUCTION FROM THE PROPERTY; NO ACTIVITY IN 1984

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STAGER, H.K., IN PREPARATION, NBMG BULL. ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.

  • Deposit

    HOBBS, S.W. AND CLABAUGH, S.E., 1946, NBMG BULL. 44, PL. 1, P. 28.

  • Deposit

    HOTZ, P.E. AND WILLDEN, R., 1964, USGS PP 431, P. 111, FIG. 16.

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J.V., 6 SEP 84, FIELD EXAMINATION. OF R.E. CLAIMS PIT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CLAIMS COVER A SMALL SALIENT IN THE NORTHERN MARGIN OF THE GRANODIORITE STOCK. SCHEELITE OCCURS IN SMALL BODIES OF TACTITE AND DISSEMINATED IN ALTERED SULFIDES ALONG THE CONTACT OF LIMESTONE AND CALCAREOUS HORNFELS WITH GRANODIORITE. SOME THIN LAYERS OF ORE FROM 1 TO 3 FEET THICK CONTAIN AS MUCH AS 2% WO3, BUT MOST OF THE MATERIAL AVERAGES LESS THAN 0.5% WO3.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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