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NBMG Sample Site 2733

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity 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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037800
MRDS ID M042790
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 2733

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.47117, 38.06855 (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

Bellehelen(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 049E 35 NW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ACCESSIBLE ON FOOT SW FROM BELLEHELEN TOWNSITE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2733 OF SILICIFIED RHYOLITE FROM DUMPS NEAR OLD SHAFT CONTAINS 0.7% FE, 0.1% MG
Result 0.07% TI, 100 PPM MN, 150 PPM AG, 0.2 PPM AU (BY AA ANALYSIS), 15 PPM B, 500 PPM BA, 2 PPM BE, 30 PPM MO, 30 PPM PB, 15 PPM V, 50 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 Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Alluvium, undifferentiated
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N70W
    Dip STEEPLY N
    Width 0.61M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Belle Helen District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • A SINGLE SHAFT AND PROSPECTS

Comments on development

  • OLD WORKINGS-PROBABLY EARLY 1900'S; NO ACTIVITY IN 1985

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK 15 OCT 85, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 99B, 1984, P. 53-56.

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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