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NBMG Sample Site 2091

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Antimony
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037789
MRDS ID M042773
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 2091

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.91427, 38.72659 (WGS84)
Elevation 1698

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Granny Goose Well(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gabbs Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 010N 036E 15,22,PROJECTED,FROM,N. Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 10 AIRMILES SOUTH OF GABBS. ACCESSIBLE BY FAIR TO POOR ACCESS NORTH OF POLE LINE ROAD ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification Of Tuffs

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2091 FROM DUMP MATERIAL CONTAINS 2% FE, 0.07% MG, 0.03% CA, 300 PPM MN, 30 PPM AG, 0.15 PPM AU (BY AA ANALYSIS), 500 PPM BA, 15 PPM BI, 10 PPM CR, 5000 PPM CU, 50 PPM MO, 10000 PPM PB, 100 PPM SB, 150 PPM SR, 100 PPM V, 300 PPM ZN, 15 PPM ZR.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.91427, 38.72659
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fairplay District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • A SINGLE SHAFT WITH MANY PROSPECTS, SOME DRILLING WAS LAST ACTIVITY.

Comments on development

  • OLDER WORKINGS FROM THE 1900'S. NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1985. DRILLING WITHIN LAST FEW YEARS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 3 OCT 85, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 99B, 1984, P. 94-98.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCALLY, HOST ROCKS ARE HIGHLY SILICIFIED RHYOLITE TUFFS. SHAFT WAS SUNK WITH A HAND WINDLASS ON A NARROW ALTERED ZONE OF SILICA AND VEIN MATERIAL WITH VISIBLE MINERALIZATION CONSISTING OF MINOR COPPER, IRON AND MN OXIDES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

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