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Treasure Hill Claim #1066

Prospect in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold
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  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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047718
MRDS ID M243143
Record type Site
Current site name Treasure Hill Claim #1066
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 3887

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.07874, 39.47297 (WGS84)
Elevation 1634

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wonder Mountain(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

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 Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 019N 035E 31 NE OF NE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • GEIGER GAP AREA, SOUTH OF THE GEIGER GAP ROAD ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Locally Altered Rhyolite

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 3887 OF QUARTZ FROM DUMPS CONTAINS 0.7% FE, 0.07% MG, 0.05% CA, 0.15% TI, 100 PPM MN, 7 PPM AG, 0.25 PPM AU (BY A A ANALYSIS), 10 PPM B, 500 PPM BA, 1 PPM BE, 30 PPM CU, 20 PPM LA, 15 PPM MO, 30 PPM V, 10 PPM Y, 100 PPM ZR.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Wonder Rhyolite
    Rock description Wonder Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.07874, 39.47297
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike E-W
    Dip 80 N

Controls for ore emplacement

  • West-Bearing Shear

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Wonder District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Brown, Archie B. And Julia A.
    First year 1986

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHORT ADITS AND A 75-FT SHAFT.

Comments on development

  • OLD WORKINGS DATE FROM EARLIEST PERIOD OF EXPLORATION IN EARLY 1900'S. PRESENT STAKING DONE IN 1979, ASSESSMENT WORK CURRENT TO 1986

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    USDI, BLM, MINING CLAIM RECORDS AND FILES

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 83, 1974, P. 88-90.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S
Deposit WORKINGS ARE IN WONDER RHYOLITE, LOCALLY BROKEN AND ALTERED, ALONG A WEST-BEARING SHEAR CONTAINING QUARTZ STRINGERS.

Reporter information

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

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