The Quinseck Claims is a manganese mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Quinseck Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Quinseck Claims
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 460
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Coaldale District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: BLANKET
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faults,Slickensides
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Strong Hyprothermal Alteration To Clays
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): BULLDOZER ROAD, RECENT DRILLHOLE PROBABLY FOR URANIUM
Comment (Deposit): PRESUMABLY ACROSS THE PROPOSED FAULT) HIT WELDED TUFF, BUT SHOWS NO INDICATIONS (IN THE CUTTINGS) OF SINTER. IF THERE IS A FAULT HERE, IT WOULD BE NE-TRENDING. THE SINTER IS NEARLY HORIZONTAL, SUGGESTI
Comment (Workings): BULLDOZING, DRILLHOLE
Comment (Deposit): PROSPECT CONSISTS OF AN OUTCROP OF BROWN TO BLACK IRON- AND MANGANESE- OXIDE- BEARING SILICEOUS SINTER ONLY 1 M THICK AND 10 M LONG. IT APPEARS TO BE A SPRING SINTER DEPOSIT, FINELY LAMINATED, OVERLYING A 15-20 CM ZONE OF CEMENTED WELDED TUFF FRAGMENTS THAT APPEARS TO BE A REGOLITH ON A SOLID OUTCROP OF RHYOLITIC WELDED TUFF. THE TUFF UNIT IS PROBABLY THE SAME ONE PRESENT ABOUT 0.5 KM EAST AT THE COALDALE URANIUM PROPERTY. HOWEVER, THE SINTER AND SURROUNDING ROCKS ARE NOT ANOMALOUSLY RADIOACTIVE HERE. THE SINTER IS DOWNSLOPE FROM A 6-7 CM LAYER OF CLAY-RICH MATERIAL THAT IS HYDROTHERMALLY ALTERED RHYOLITIC WELDED TUFF (SMECTITE CLAY S?) THE SINTER IS CUT BY SMALL VEINLETS OF MN OXIDES. THE SINTER MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH A FAULT ZONE HERE; THERE IS A LARGE FAULT BRECCIA ZONE TO THE WEST AND A SLICKENSIDED SURFACE (NEARLY HORIZONTAL SLICKENSIDES) OCCURS JUST BELOW THE SINTER. ALSO A FAULT MAY FORM THE MOUNTAIN FRONT HERE. HOWEVER, A DRILL HOLE TO THE SOUTH OF THE SINTER (AND
References
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L.J. , 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION 13 JULY 1982.
Reference (Deposit): ALBERS, J.P. AND STEWART, J.H., 1972, NBMG BULL 78, P. 59-60
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
