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Pollard Canyon

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Manganese, Tungsten
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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. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10222194
MRDS ID M060500
MAS/MILS ID 0320270094
Record type Site
Current site name Pollard Canyon
Related records 10042639

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.52426, 40.5146 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Panther Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 031 N 040 E 31 SW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Braunite Unknown
Chert Unknown
Psilomelane Unknown
Pyrolusite Unknown
Rhodochrosite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -117.52426, 40.5146
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 5M
    Length 20M
    Width 8M
    Area 10HA
    Depth to top 2M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #3 FISSURE VEIN
    Primary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Secondary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 10
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1940
Year of first production 1951

Mining district

District name Pollard Canyon

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mr. F. H. Johnson, Metal And Mines Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM RPT INVEST 5163, 1955, P 2-4

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 89, 1977, PL 2A

  • Deposit

    USBM RPT OF INVEST 5022, 1954, P 2-4

  • Deposit

    USBM R.I. 5446, 1959, RECON. OF NEVADA MANGANESE DEPOSITS P3

  • Deposit

    USBM, WFOC,CONFIDENTIAL MIN.PROP.FILE FOR NEVADA NO.41.26

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 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.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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