Limbo Group

Occurrence in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Uranium, Silver, Gold
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  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 10047542
MRDS ID M242905
Record type Site
Current site name Limbo Group
Alternate or previous names Kimbo Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.28683, 40.30517 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Purgatory Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kumiva Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pyramid-Winnemucca Lakes(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 028N 024E 09 SW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1970)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Iron Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result BACKGROUND RADIOACTIVITY - 0.03 MR/HR
Result HIGH - 0.20 MR/HR

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) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.28683, 40.30517

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Range Front Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 30 W
    Dip 60 NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hooker District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE 18-FT ADIT, 3 SHALLOW PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RUMSEY, C.M., 1986, USBM MLA 35-86

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., 1973, NBMG BULL 81, P. 95

  • Deposit

    U.S.A.E.C. COMM. PRELIM.RECONN. REPT. 3727.

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J.V., 1987, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON KUMIVA PEAK 1:100000 MAP AREA

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, NBMG BULL 89, PL. 1.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A 4-FT THICK IRON-OXIDE-STAINED QUARTZ VEIN STRIKING N 30 W, DIP 60 NE IS EXPOSED FOR 200 FT ALONG STRIKE IN GRANODIORITE. ALSO, ANOMALOUS RADIOACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH PEGMATITE DIKES REPORTED IN THIS AREA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1988 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

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