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A MINERAL INVENTORY OF THE PARADISE-DEN10 AND SONOMA-GERLACH RESOURCE AREAS, WINNEMUCCA DISTRICT, NEVADA Prepared for: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WINNEMUCCA DISTRICT OFFICE WINNEMUCCA, NEVADA 89445 Prepared by: H. F. Bonham L. J. Garside R. B. Jones K. G. Papke J. Quade J. V. Tingley Under Contract #YA-553-CT1-1058 J. V. Tingley, Principal Investigator J. Quade, Research Associate NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY University of Nevada-Reno, Reno, Nevada John Schilling, Director/State Geologist September, 1985
Summary of Work Performed Index Map Mining District Descriptions Sample Descriptions Analytical Results Antelope 1 Antelope Springs 4 Arabia 6 Awakening 8 Battle Mountain 11 Black Diablo 13 Black Knob 15 Blue Mountain Area 17 (Ten Mile District) Blue Wing 19 Bottle Creek 20 Buffalo Mountain 23 Cottonwood 26 Deephole 28 Desert 31 Disaster 33 Donnelly 36 Dutch Flat 38 Farrell 41 Golconda 43 Goldbanks 47 Gold Run 50 Harmony 53 Haystack 55 Hooker 57 Imlay 61 Indian 64 Iron Hat 66 Iron Point 69 Jackson Mountains 72 Jersey Valley 75 Jessup 77 Jungo 80 Juniper Range 82 Kennedy 84 Lake 88 Leadville 91 Leonard Creek 94 M i l l City (Central) 100 Mineral Basin 103 Mount Tobin 105 Muttlebury 109 National 97 TABLE OF CONTENTS Nightingale 111 Opalite (Cordero) 114 Placerites 117 Potosi 118 Poverty Peak 122 Rabbit Hole 126 Ragged Top 128 Rebel Creek 131 Red Butte 133 Rochester 135 Rosebud 138 Rose Creek 140 Rye Patch 142 San Emido Desert-Lake Range 144 San Jacinto 147 Sawtooth 149 Scossa 150 Seven Troughs 152 Sherman 155 Shon 157 Sierra 158 Spring City 161 Spring Valley 164 Staggs 166 Star 168 Sulphur 171 Table Mountain 174 Ten Mile 179 Tobin and Sonoma Range 182 Toy 185 Trego Hot Springs 188 Trident Peak 190 Trinity 192 Truckee (Fireball) 195 Unionville 197 Varyville 200 Velvet 203 Warm Springs 205 Washiki 208 Wild Horse 211 Willard 213 Willow Creek 215 Winnemucca 217 Appendix A Appendix B
Page 1: UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA RENO NBMG OPEN
Page 5 and 6: ) CRIB forms containing location an
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Page 9 and 10: ORE DEPOSITS At the Nevada-Superior
Page 11 and 12: LOCATION ANTELOPE SPRINGS DISTRICT
Page 13 and 14: LOCATION ARABIA DISTRICT The Arabia
Page 15 and 16: LOCATION AWAKENING DISTRICT The Awa
Page 17 and 18: Johnson, M. G. (1973) Placer gold d
Page 19 and 20: ORE DEPOSITS The lode deposits at t
Page 21 and 22: Needham, A. B. and Trengrove, R. R.
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Page 25 and 26: ORE DEPOSITS Only two areas of mine
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Page 37 and 38: adit driven into the pendant(?). If
Page 39 and 40: GEOCHEMICAL RELATIONSHIPS Gold was
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Page 43 and 44: LOCATION DONNELLY DISTRICT The Donn
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Page 49 and 50: ORE DEPOSITS Most of the mineraliza
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Crone, W. R. (1982) The use of Fe/M
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mercury mines are of the opalite ty
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LOCATION GOLD RUN DISTRICT The Gold
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SELECTED REFERENCES Couch, B. F. an
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At the Gayer-Moo property, very spa
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Mineralization in the district appe
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and dip steeply to the vest. .... A
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LOCATION IMLAY DISTRICT The Imlay d
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apparently did not contain cinnabar
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LOCATION INDIAN DISTRICT The Indian
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LOCATION IRON HAT DISTRICT The Iron
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Southern Pacific Co. (1964) Mineral
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silver per ton and a trace gold. Ho
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LOCATION JACKSON MOUNTAINS DISTRICT
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SELECTED REFERENCES Lincoln, F. C.
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of manganese oxides occur in rocks
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andesitic volcanic rocks that have
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LOCATION JUNCO AREA For the purpose
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LOCATION JUNIPER RANGE DISTRICT The
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LOCATION KENNEDY DISTRICT The Kenne
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Borlaasca Mines are along the main
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LOCATION LkKE DISTRICT The Lake dis
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Willden, R., and Speed, R. C. (1974
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Northwest of Leadville, approximate
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LOCATION LEONARD CREEK DISTRICT The
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from 3.8 to 140 ppm gold. Silver va
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ORE DEPOSITS The mineral deposits a
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LOCATION MILL CITY (CENTRAL) MINING
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present, and all samples showed det
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GEOCHEMISTRY In addition to iron th
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ORE DEPOSITS The mercury deposits a
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Papke, K. G. (1979) Fluorspar in Ne
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SELECTED REFERENCES Johnson, M. G.
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minor amounts of tremolite, pyrrhot
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LOCATION OPALITE (CORDERO) DISTRICT
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McKee, E. 8. (1976) Origin of the M
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LOCATION POTOSI MINING DISTRICT The
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has been mined from two localities
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LOCATION POVERTY PEAK DISTRICT The
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In 1954 Sonoma Mines, Inc. acquired
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LOCATION RABBIT HOLE DISTRICT The R
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LOCATION RAGGED TOP DISTRICT The Ra
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Vanderburg, W. 0. (1936) Reconnaiss
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quartz is commonly crushed and occu
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In the south-southwest portion of t
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district, the silver-bearing quartz
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LOCATION ROSEBUD DISTRICT The Roseb
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LOCATION ROSE CREEK DISTRICT The Ro
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LOCATION RYE PATCH DISTRICT The Rye
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LOCATION SAN EMIDIO DESERT - LAKE R
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"cabin" a few hundred feet. It tren
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LOCATION SCOSSA DISTRICT The Scossa
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LOCATION SEVEN TROUGHS DISTRICT The
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tin, and one contained high molybde
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SELECTED WFERENCES Stager, H. K. (i
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LOCATION SIERRA DISTRICT The Sierra
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Jones, R. B. (1984) Directory of Ne
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of the old Spring City tovnsite. Th
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LOCATION SPRING VALLEY DISTRICT The
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LOCATION STAGGS DISTRICT The Staggs
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LOCATION STAR DISTRICT The Star dis
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of Tertiary sedimentary rocks, alth
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LOCATION TABLE MOUNTAIN DISTRICT Th
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There are two fluorspar properties
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Wallace, R. E., Silberling, N. J.,
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thrust fault separates two of these
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LOCATION TOBIN ANTI SONOMA RANGE MI
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SELECTED REFERENCES Bailey, E. H.,
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ORE DEPOSITS The tungsten deposits
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LOCATION TREGO HOT SPRINGS AREA The
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SELECTED REFERENCES Kerr, P. F. (19
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APPENDIX A
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Sample Number 492 495 Sample Descri
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Sample Number Location Sample Descr
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Sample Number 1490 Location Sample
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Sample Number Location Quad: Sulphu
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Sample Description Sample Number Lo
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Sample Number 2258 I Sample Descrip
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Sample Number 2411 I UTM Sample Des
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Sample Number quad: p~ Location Don
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Sample Number Sample Description Qu
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Sample Description Sample Number 1
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Sample Number 2572 Location . Sampl
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Sample Number 2589 25!xL-. I Locati
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Sample Number 2h70 2672 Location Sa
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Sample Number Location auaa: L_ovel
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Sample Number 2951 Location Sample
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Sample Description I I Sample Numbe
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Element Semi-Quantitative Spectrogr
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Element Semi-Quantitative Spectrogr
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Element Fe % (.05) Mg % (.02) Ca %
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- , Semi-Quantitative Spectrographi
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Element Fe % ( 05) Mg % ( 02) Ca %
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