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NBMG Sample Site 2762

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Manganese, Barium-Barite, Arsenic, 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. 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 10037795
MRDS ID M042783
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 2762

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.73368, 38.06077 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981

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 32 SE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ACCESSIBLE BY FAIR ROAD S OF MICROWAVE TOWER. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2762 CHIPPED FROM VEIN AND SELECTED FROM DUMP CONTAINS 5% FE, 0.1% MG, 10% CA, 0.07% TI, +5000 PPM MN, 700 PPM AG, 1000 PPM AS, 20 PPM B, 1000 PPM BA, 70 PPM CD, 5 PPM CO, 15 PPM CR, 10000 PPM CU, 50 PPM MO, 30 PPM NI, 20000 PPM PB, 700 PPM SB, 200 PPM SR, 200 PPM V, 20 PPM Y, +10000 PPM ZN, 50 PPM ZR.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Carrara
    Rock description Carrara
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.73368, 38.06077
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N65E
    Dip 35NW
    Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone?

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ellendale District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT AND PROSPECTS. DUMP SIZE SUGGESTS SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS DESPITE THE PROSPECT STATUS SHOWN ON THE PRESENT TOPO MAP.

Comments on development

  • NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1986. SIZE OF DUMP INDICATES WORKINGS UNDERGROUND OF SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET-POSSIBLY SOME PRODUCTION?

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 26 MARCH, 1986, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN SYSTEM IN THIN-BEDDED SHALEY LIMESTONE; 1-3 FT WIDE VEIN. VEIN CONTAINS YELLOW AND GREEN OXIDES, CALCITE, MANGANESE WITH STRONG LIMONITE.

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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