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NBMG Sample Site 2075

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper, Barium-Barite, Arsenic, Antimony, Zinc
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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 10037806
MRDS ID M042797
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 2075

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.8823, 38.61771 (WGS84)
Elevation 2292

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Belmont West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Jefferson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Diamond-Monitor Valleys(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 045E 23 SE OF SW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ACCESSIBLE BY GOOD DIRT ROAD 0.35 MILE NW OF BELMONT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Iron Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2075 OF VEIN MATERIAL AND FAULT GOUGE CONTAINS 2% FE, 0.1% MG, 0.05% CA, 1500 PPM MN, 70 PPM AG, 2000 PPM AS, 30 PPM B, 300 PPM BA, 1.5 PPM BE, 5 PPM CO, 10 PPM CR, 100 PPM CU, 7 PPM MO, 15 PPM NI, 700 PPM PB, 150 PPM SB, 300 PPM V, 1000 PPM ZN, 15 PPM ZR, AND 0.2 PPM AU, (BY AA ANALYSIS).

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 > Carbonate > Limestone

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

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 Belmont District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL PROSPECT PIT

Comments on development

  • NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1985

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 99B, 1984.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FAULT ZONE WITH MINOR QUARTZ STRINGERS. FAULT GOUGE CONSISTS OF PARTLY BRECCIATED IRON-STAINED QUARTZ WITH GREY STREAKS OF UNIDENTIFIED SULFIDES AND YELLOW OXIDES

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

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