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NBMG Sample Site 2700

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037798
MRDS ID M042788
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 2700

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.50704, 38.6266 (WGS84)
Elevation 1987

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Ardivey(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 009N 040E 2021 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Iron Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification Of Wallrock

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2700 OF SILICIFIED RHYOLITE TUFF WITH HAIRLINE QUARTZ VEINLETS AND ADULARIA CRYSTALS ON FRACTURES, CONTAINS 1% FE, 0.07% CA, 0.1% TI, 150 PPM MN, 30 PPM AG, 200 PPM AS, 7.0 PPM AU (BY AA ANALYSIS), 10 PPM B, 500 PPM BA, 2 PPM BE, 10 PPM CU, 15 PPM MO, 100 PPM PB, 30 PPM V, 30 PPM ZR.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    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) -117.50704, 38.6266
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shears, Fractures

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N40W
    Dip 65SW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone, Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cloverdale District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • VERTICAL SHAFT, ABOUT 40 FT DEEP, TIMBERED AT COLLAR

Comments on development

  • SCREEN ON DUMP INDICATES THAT SOME ORE WAS HAND-CRUSHED AND SCREENED. NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1985.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J.V., 3 OCT 85, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 99B, 1984, P. 71-76.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FRACTURE ZONE, INDISTINCT, IRON OXIDE STAINING, SOME DRUSY QUARTZ ON FRACTURE SURFACES. WALL ROCK IS SILICIFIED RHYOLITE TUFF. ADULARIA CRYSTALS ON SOME FRACTURES.

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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