Treasure Hill Claim #1067

Prospect in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities 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. Alteration
  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. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097314
MRDS ID M243144
Record type Site
Current site name Treasure Hill Claim #1067
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 3888

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.07985, 39.47213 (WGS84)
Elevation 1615

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 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • GEIGER GAP AREA, ABOUT 0.35 MILE SOUTH OF 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) Altered, Silicified Rhyolite

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 3888 OF VEIN AND DUMP MATERIAL CONTAINS 1% FE, 0.1% MG, 0.05% CA, 0.15% TI, 200 PPM MN, 700 PPM AG, 10 PPM AU, 10 PPM B, 500 PPM BA, 3 PPM BE, 30 PPM CU, 5 PPM MO, 70 PPM PB, 15 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) -118.07985, 39.47213

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Fairview Peak Fault Structure; Kiowa Fault Vein Structure

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

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 Thomas E. Ballard,
    Home office 8009 Via De Ventura, Suite 115-A, Scottsdale, Az 85258
    First year 1986

Comments on the workings information

  • HAND-DUG WORKINGS, HAND-CAPSTAN, HAND-STEEL, HAND-HEWN TIMBERS; A 150-FT WEST-BEARING ADIT AND A 75? FT SHAFT WITH OTHER SMALLER DIGGINGS

Comments on development

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    USDI, BLM, MINING CLAIM RECORDS AND FILE.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO MAJOR STUCTURES FORM DISTINCT FRACTURE SETS BEARING N 60-70 W, 45-60 N, AND N 10-30 E, DIP WHICH LOCALIZE HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION, RECRYSTALLIZATION, SILICIFICATION, AND SOME BRECCIATION BY LATER FAULT MOVEMENT. QUARTZ VEIN MATERIAL AND SILICIFIED MICROBRECCIA WITH A MATRIX CONTAINING GREY UNIDENTIFIED SULFIDES.
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-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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