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NBMG Sample Site 2755

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037792
MRDS ID M042778
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 2755

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.75701, 38.09383 (WGS84)
Elevation 2006
Relative position ABOUT 0.5 MILE ESE OF ELLENDALE MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Yellow Cone(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warm Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin Valleys(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 003N 047E 19 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ACCESSIBLE BY GOOD ROAD SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 6 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2755 OF QUARTZ WITH MINOR SULFIDES IN SHAFT CONTAINS 0.7% FE, 0.02% MG, 0.15% TI, 30 PPM MN, 0.5 PPM AG, 10 PPM B, 1500 PPM BA, 1 PPM BE, 15 PPM CR, 7 PPM CU, 20 PPM LA, 30 PPM MO, 30 PPM PB, 200 PPM SR, 20 PPM V, 10 PPM Y, 300 PPM ZR.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.75701, 38.09383
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 55 E
    Dip 85 NW
    Width 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ellendale District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL CLOSELY SPACED SHAFTS.

Comments on development

  • NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION, BUT THERE HAS BEEN DRILLING IN THE AREA IN THE PAST FEW YEARS (1985) DRILLING FOLLOWED ROAD CONSTRUCTION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 18 OCT 85, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 99B, 1984, P. 85-91.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN WITH IRON OXIDES AND MINOR SULFIDES, 3-4 FT WIDE, CUTS PURPLE RHYOLITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-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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