Kirby

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodity Tungsten
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10173605
MAS/MILS ID 0320130020
Record type Site
Current site name Kirby
Alternate or previous names Fayant and Blaine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -117.27286, 41.17209 (WGS84)
Elevation 1920
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Adam Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Osgood Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(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 038 N 042 E 17 SWSENW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Epidote Unknown
Garnet Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Scheelite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -117.27286, 41.17209

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N65E
    Dip 40S
    Length 0M
    Width 0M
    Area 22HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Primary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONATE SILIC
    Strike And Dip N65E:40S
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 22
    Date of Last Modification 811112

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1917

Mining district

District name Potosi District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Getchell Mine Division
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1972

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1972
  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 114
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1972

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CAVENDER, W.S. (1963) INTEGRATED MINERAL EXPLORATION IN THE

  • Deposit

    OSGOOD MTNS, HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA: PHD DISSERT,U. CAFIF.

  • Deposit

    HOBBS, S.W. (1948B) GEOL OF THE NORTHERN PART OF THE OSGOOD

  • Deposit

    MTNS, HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEV: PHD DISSERT, YALE UNIV

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES 59, 1964, TB 19

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 59,1964,TB19

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOL SURV PROF PAPER 610, 1968, P.182

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-NOV-84 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.