Sol's Grub Stake

Prospect in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodity 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10047592
MRDS ID M243002
Record type Site
Current site name Sol's Grub Stake
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 3884

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.14263, 39.28824 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Drumm Summit(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fallon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(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

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 017N 034E 34 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • JUST N OF HIGHWAY 50 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 3884 CHIPPED FROM CONTACT ZONE CONTAINS 3% FE, 0.3% MG, 2% CA, 0.3% TI, 500 PPM MN, 20 PPM B, 700 PPM BA, 10 PPM CO, 50 PPM CR, 10 PPM CU, 10 PPM NI, 30 PPM PB, 7 PPM SC, 700 PPM SR, 100 PPM V, 15 PPM Y, 150 PPM ZR.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.14263, 39.28824

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Igneous Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Chalk Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Sol Resnick
    First year 1986

Comments on development

  • SOL'S GRUBSTAKE CLAIM STAKED NOV, 1985 OVER EARLIER GRUBSTAKE #1 STAKED 8/5/81. UNKNOWN COMMODITY PROSPECTED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 23 SEP 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    USDI, BLM, 1986, MINING CLAIM RECORDS AND FILES.

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 83, 1974, PL. 1.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONTACT ZONE WITH SOME SILICIFIED CHALCEDONIC QUARTZ WITH YELLOW OXIDES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-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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