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Plainview Group Mines

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodity 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098500
MRDS ID M060368
Record type Site
Current site name Plainview Group Mines
Alternate or previous names Plainview Mine, NBMG Sample Site 2560.
Related records 10174934

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.15653, 40.30601 (WGS84)
Elevation 1920
Relative position IN OPEN HEAD OF LIMERICK CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rochester(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 028N 034E 09 NE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • S SIDE OF HEAD OF LIMERICK CANYON; REPORTER REFERENCED THE "LOVELOCK NK 11-10 (1955)" QUADRANGLE MAP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicified, Sericitized, Iron-Staining

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2560, DUMP GRAB OF SILICIFIED, SERICITIZED ROCHESTER RHYOLITE WITH QUARTZ VEIN AND IRON OXIDES CONTAINS 2 %-FE, 0.2 % MG, 0.07 % CA, 0.05 % TI, 1500 PPM MN, 150 PPM AG, 5-0 PPM B, 1000 PPM BA, 2 PPM BE, 10 PPM CR, 30 PPM CU, 10 PPM M-0, 10 PPM NI, 100 PPM PB, 5 PPM SC, 10 PPM SN, 20 PPM V, 10 PP-M Y, 300 PPM ZN, 100 PPM ZR, AND 5.4 PPM AU (BY AA ANALYSIS).

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.15653, 40.30601
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zone Or Fault Plane

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1909

Mining district

District name Rochester District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • A FEW THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF PRODUCTION.

Comments on the workings information

  • OPENED BY CONSIDERABLE WORKINGS BELOW AND ABOVE ORE ROAD OF THE ROCHESTER MINES. THE LOWER TUNNEL IS 500 FT LONG. NUMEROUS PITS, SHORT ADITS, DRILL ROADS

Comments on development

  • DRILL ROADS PRESENT, BUT NO RECENT ACTIVITY APPARENT IN 1984.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C., 1915, ROCHESTER MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA: IN USGS BULL. 580

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89

  • Deposit

    VIKRE, P.G., 1978, GEOLOGY AND SILVER MINERALIZATION OF THE ROCHESTER DISTRICT, PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; PH.D. THESIS STANFORD UNIV.

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H. F., JR., 25 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEINS AND STRINGERS ALONG E-W AND N-S-TRENDING FRACTURES IN ROCHESTER RHYOLITE. QUARTZ IS THOROUGHLY OXIDIZ-ED. QUARTZ CONTAINS ABUNDANT IRON OXIDES AFTER PYRITE; NO EVID-ENCE OF BASE METALS.
Deposit DISCOVERED IN 1909. OPENED BY CONSIDERABLE WORKINGS BELOW AND ABOVE ORE ROAD OF THE ROCHESTER MINES. LOWER TUNNEL 500 FT. LONG ORE AVERAGED $9/TON AU IN 1914 BUT NONE HAD BEEN SHIPPED BEFORE 1914. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1973 Johnson, Maureen G. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-MAY-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-NOV-1980 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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