| Deposit ID | 10098498 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M060240 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Crowfoot Prospect |
| Alternate or previous names | Crofoot |
| Related records | 10198610 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.79099, 40.07211 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pershing(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Ragged Top Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Granite Springs Valley(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Pershing |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 026N | 028E | 36 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Tungsten Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 42 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 14a |
| Deposit model name | W skarn |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| (1) | -118.79099, 40.07211 |
|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Length | 18.29M |
| Width | 3.05M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Ragged Top District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Crofoot Mining (Late 1960'S) |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 3.05M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M060240 |
JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89
SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY-NORTHERN NEVADA & NORTHWESTERN UTAH-SUMMARY OF GEOLOGIC SURVEY 1955-61; V.I.; SO. PACIFIC CO., SAN FRANCISCO; P. 32
TINGLEY, J. V., 16 APR 85, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION
NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3
JOHNSON, M.G., 1977.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | BLACK AND BLEACHED WHITE MARBLE AND LIMESTONE IN CONTACT WITH A COARSE-GRAINED GRANULAR GRANODIORITE, WITH NARROW -LENSES OF SILICATED LIMESTONE NEAR THE CONTACT, SCATTERED EPID-OTE AND GARNET ALONG FRACTURES AND BEDDING PLANES IN A LIMESTO-NE-MARBLE SECTION, BLACK QUARTZ CRYSTALS ALONG BEDDING PLANES -IN CARBONACEOUS LIMESTONE. |
| Deposit | DEVELOPED BY TWO SURFACE CUTS AND A 10 FT. ADIT. SOME PRODUCTION IN THE LATE 1960'S BY CROFOOT MINING. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1973 | Johnson, Maureen G. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-APR-1986 | La Pointe, D. D. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-JAN-1981 | Royse, Sue E. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-SEP-1994 | Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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