Wild Horse Group

Occurrence in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047725
MRDS ID M243151
Record type Site
Current site name Wild Horse Group
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Sites 3900, 3901, Wild Horse, Wild Horse No. 2, Wild Horse No. 3 Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.10707, 39.45158 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524

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 018N 034E 01,02 SW (01); SE (02) Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Lead Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Strong Argillization; Silicification

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 3900 SELECTED FROM DUMPS CONTAINS 1.5% FE, 0.05% MG, 5% CA, 0.07% TI, 700 PPM MN, 700 PPM AG, 700 PPM BA, 1000 PPM CU, 20 PPM MO, 3000 PPM PB, 20 PPM V, 15 PPM Y, 100 PPM ZR, AND 0.2 PPM AU (BY A A ANALYSIS), 0.02 PPM HG. SAMPLE 3901 CHIPPED FROM OUTCROP OF SILICIFIED RHYOLITE INTRUSIVE CONTAINS 1% FE, 0.03% MG, 3% CA, 0.07% TI, 70 PPM MN, 1000 PPM AG, 700 PPM BA, 200 PPM CU, 10 PPM MO, 500 PPM PB, 10 PPM V, 50 PPM ZR, AND 0.05 PPM AU BY A A ANALYSIS, 0.04 PPM HG.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    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) -118.10707, 39.45158

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Wonder District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Edward Benane
    First year 1907

Comments on development

  • MINERAL SURVEY NO. 2906, SURVEYED IN 1907 BUT NOT PATENTED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK AND TINGLEY, J.V., 24 SEP 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN AND SPEED, 1974, NBMG BULL 83.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SILICIFIED RHYOLITE

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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