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NBMG Sample Site 2758

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Lead
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10037794
MRDS ID M042781
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 2758
Alternate or previous names Not Far From Kleinhampl's Unnamed Prospect C

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.7184, 38.08522 (WGS84)
Elevation 1908

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stone Cabin Ranch SW(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 28,27, Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ACCESSIBLE BY GOOD ROADS SOUTH OF THE MICROWAVE TOWER ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2758 OF VUGGY MINERALIZED QUARTZ VEIN MATERIAL FROM THE DUMP CONTAINS 1% FR, 0.03% MG, 5% CA, 0.003% TI, 1000 PPM MN, 15 PPM AG, 150 PPM BA, 70 PPM CU, 200 PPM PB, 15 PPM V.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.7184, 38.08522
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 50-60 W
    Dip 50-90 NE
    Width 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

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

  • 3 SHAFTS ON SAME ARCUATE VEIN

Comments on development

  • NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1986

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 22 MAR 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAJOR WORKINGS EXPLORE AN ARCUATE FAULT/VEIN SYSTEM BEARING N 50-60 W. DIP 50-90 NE. VEIN IS 3-5 FT WIDE WITH STRINGERS AND PODS OF VUGGY, IRON AND MN-STAINED QUARTZ IN WHAT IS REPORTED TO BE A DIORITE.

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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