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NBMG Sample Site 2788

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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037796
MRDS ID M042785
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 2788

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.41895, 37.94912 (WGS84)
Elevation 2362

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kawich Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cactus Flat(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hot Creek-Railroad 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 001N 050E 07 NE OF SE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON KNOB ON NORTH SIDE OF EDEN CREEK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972); PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = GOLDFIELD 1:250000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Clay Gangue
Iron Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2788 CHIPPED FROM A VEIN OF IRON-STAINED QUARTZ & GOUGE CONTAINS 1.5% FE, 0.1% MG, 0.07% CA, 0.07% TI, 70 PPM MN, 2 PPM AG, 20 PPM B, 150 PPM BA, 3 PPM BE, 15 PPM CR, 50 PPM MO, 5 PPM NI, 50 PPM PB, 30 PPM V, 10 PPM Y, 100 PPM ZR.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Tuff Of White Blotch Spring
    Rock description Tuff Of White Blotch Spring
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.41895, 37.94912
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N35E
    Dip 90
    Width 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Eden District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN TRENCH

Comments on development

  • NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1986

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 26 MAR 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 77, 1972, P. 37, PL.I.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 5-6 FT WIDE VEIN IN SHEAR WITH CLAY LENSES WITHIN THE GOUGE ZONE. CONTACT ROCK IS A LITHIC-RICH PURPLE TUFF. SILICIFIED, IRON-STAINED, BLEACHED, ARGILLIC GOUGE.

Reporter information

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

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