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Chinck Nickel - Cobalt Prospect

Occurrence in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Cobalt, Copper, Iron, Molybdenum, Nickel
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10173743
MAS/MILS ID 0320070460
Record type Site
Current site name Chinck Nickel - Cobalt Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -116.30924, 41.80179 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sheep Creek Reservoir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bull Run Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Owyhee(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 045 N 050 E 13 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Nickel Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Molybdenite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -116.30924, 41.80179
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 STOCKWORK
    Shape of Orebody #2 MASSIVE
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin OTHER
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control OTHER
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 PYRITIZATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 OTHER
    Date of Last Modification 800922

Comments on the geologic information

  • TWO VEIN SYSTEMS, DISCLOSED BY SHALLOW TRENCHING AND OUTCROPS ARE IN EVIDENCE ON THE PROPERTY. THE EAST VEIN COMPRISED OF QUARTZ, CARRYING DISSEMINATED PYRITE AND SOME COPPER STAINING, STRIKES N.10 DEGREES E. AND IN THICKNESS AVERAGES ABOUT 5 METERS. IT IS TRACEABLE FOR ABOUT 300 METERS. THE WEST VEIN STRIKES ABOUT EAST-WEST AND IS NEARLY VERTICAL WHERE EXPOSED, IT IS AT LEAST A METER WIDE AND IS COMPRISED OF QUARTZ. ON THE FOOTWALL BLACK CARBONACEOUS SHALE IS EXPOSED WHICH IS WELL MINERALIZED WITH PYRITE. THE HANGING WALL IS THIN BEDDED LIMESTONE. THE VEIN QUARTZ CARRIES MOLYBDENITE IN THIN SEAMS, PYRITE, AND CHALCOPYRITE. IN A SLUMP IMMEDIATELY WEST OF THE EAST VEIN THE FORMATIONS ARE HIGHLY LEACHED AND STAINED WITH IRON. THE AREA IS ABOUT 200 METERS WIDE AND 500 METERS LONG. IN THIS AREA THE FORMATIONS HAVE BEEN ALTERED TO CLAY FOR DEPTHS OF 2 TO 3 METERS. THE CLAYS CONTAIN A BOXWORK OF INTERLACING THIN SEAMS OF QUARTZ. INVARIABLY THESE THIN QUARTZ SEAMS ARE MINERALIZED WITH MOLYBDENITE AS CRYSTAL CLUSTERS. THE ALTERED AND LEACHED FORMATIONS CONTAIN VARYING SMALL AMOUNTS OF PYRITE, COBALT, AND NICKEL.
  • COBALT ASSAYS FROM 5 SAMPLES WERE 0.02 PERCENT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner P. D. Montrose
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1958

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES.MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 0320070460

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 8 UNPATENTED LODE CLAIMS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Lowe, Nathan T. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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