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NBMG Sample Site 2079

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Antimony, Vanadium
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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 10037802
MRDS ID M042792
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 2079

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.8698, 38.56243 (WGS84)
Elevation 2240

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Belmont East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Jefferson(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 008N 045E 01 SW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT A MILE SOUTH OF THE MAIN MINING AREA AT BELMONT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2079 WAS TAKEN FROM STRINGERS IN THE EXPOSED PORTIONS OF THE VEIN AND FROM THE DUMP AND CONTAINS 0.7% FE, 0.07% MG, 0.02% TI, 70 PPM MN, 150 PPM AG, 20 PPM B, 150 PPM BA, 1.5 PPM BE, 15 PPM CR, 300 PPM CU, 20 PPM MO, 3000 PPM PB, 500 PPM SB, 150 PPM V, 200 PPM ZN, AND 15 PPM ZR.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) Felsic phaneritic intrusive rocks
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N
    Dip 45E

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding Plane

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Belmont District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • A SINGLE INCLINE AND OPEN STOPE

Comments on development

  • PROBABLY OLD WORKINGS; NO ACTIVITY IN 1985

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 1 OCT 85, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 99-B, 1984.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INCLINE AND OPEN STOPE EXPOSE A VEIN IN THE BEDDING PLANE OF THIN-BEDDED SHALE. THE SMALL WORKINGS ARE NEAR THE CONTACT WITH A CRETACEOUS GRANITE

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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