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Cumberland Mine

Occurrence in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Copper, Manganese, Arsenic, Cadmium, Antimony
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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. Ore body information
  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 10111466
MRDS ID M242591
Record type Site
Current site name Cumberland Mine
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 2355

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.52013, 40.78295 (WGS84)
Elevation 1840

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Adelaide(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle 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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 034N 040E 31 NE OF NW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Cadmium Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Strong Silicification

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2355 OF SELECT SULFIDE-RICH VEIN QUARTZ AND MASSIVE GALENA-SPHALERITE ORE CONTAINS 10% FE, 0.5% MG, 0.5% CA, 0.1% TI, +5000 PPM MN, 500 PPM AG, 3000 PPM AS, 0.15 PPM AU (AA ANALYSIS), 30 PPM B, 500 PPM BA, 1 PPM BE, +500 PPM CD, 20 PPM CR, 2000 PPM CU, 20 PPM NI, +20000 PPM PB, 500 PPM SB, 5 PPM SC, 20 PPM SN, 100 PPM V, 30 PPM W, 15 PPM Y, +10000 PPM ZN, 50 PPM ZR.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 72
USGS model code 19a
Deposit model name Polymetallic replacement
Mark3 model number 47

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Preble
    Rock description Preble

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.52013, 40.78295
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PODS, MASSES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gold Run District; Adelaide District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS ADITS AND PITS; A SMALL OPEN PIT

Comments on development

  • NO ACTIVITY HERE, BUT EXXON CO. HAS RECENTLY DRILLED ON CLAIMS TO THE SE ABOUT 1.2 KM.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION 30 SEP 84, AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG BULL 59.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PYRITE, GALENA AND SPHALERITE OCCUR AS MASSIVE REPLACEMENTS OF WALLROCK AND IN WHITE MASSIVE TO DRUSY QUARTZ. NO OBVIOUS VEINS ARE NOTED; THE QUARTZ APPARENTLY OCCURS AS PODS. THE WALLROCKS AWAY FROM THE MINERALIZED ZONE ARE INTERBEDED GRAY SHALE AND LIMESTONE. IN THE OPEN PIT, THE ROCKS ARE HARD DENSE SILICIFIED HORNFELS WITH A HIGH SULFIDE MINERAL CONTENT. ONE PIECE OF ORE, INCLUDED IN SAMPLE 2355 IS ENTIRELY SOLID GALENA AND SPHALERITE. PYRITE OCCURS AS STREAKS AND IRREGULAR PATCHES IN DENSE SILICA-RICH ROCK. WHITE QUARTZ VEIN MATTER CONTAINS SCATTERED GALENA AND PYRRHOTITE. A DIKE OF ALTERED GRANODIORITE PORPHYRY WAS NOTED IN THE PORTAL OF AN ADIT ABOUT 400 M NORTH OF THE SAMPLED OPEN PIT. NO OTHER IGNEOUS ROCKS WERE NOTED. THE SILICIFIED AND SULFIDE-RICH ROCKS AT THIS PROPERTY RESEMBLE THOSE AT THE HILLSIDE OR ADELAIDE MINES, EXCEPT THAT THERE ARE NO OBVIOUS COPPER MINERALS HERE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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