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Ford Group

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098617
MRDS ID M232582
Record type Site
Current site name Ford Group
Alternate or previous names Ford Claims No'sS 1-3, And Ford.
Related records 10246392

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.60903, 41.18267 (WGS84)
Relative position 10+ MILES N W OF GOLCONDA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gumboot Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Osgood Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 038N 039E 08 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Galena Ore

Analytical data

Result GRABSAMPLE ASSAYED 32.7% PB
Result 1.9 OZ AG
Result TRACE AU

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 60
USGS model code 18c
Deposit model name Skarn Zn-Pb
Mark3 model number 22

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) Alluvium, undifferentiated
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Igneous Contact, Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.COM: STOPE IS ON CONTACT OF PORPHYRY AND LIMESTONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1920

Mining district

District name Paradise Mining District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner W. M. Snyder, W. M. King, W. Curley
    First year 1920

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 19.81M

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL, DRIFT, STOPE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CARPER, A.F.,1920 UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE FORD GROUP, HUMBOLDT CO, ON FILE AT NEV. BUREAU OF MINES

  • Production

    CARPER, A.F., 1920.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FOUR CLAIMS, DEVELOPED BY A 50-FT TUNNEL AND A 15-FT DRIFT, AND A SMALL STOPE, LOCATION IS UNSURE FROM DESCRIPTION ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1981 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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