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NBMG Sample Site 2418

Occurrence in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Arsenic
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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 10046381
MRDS ID M241528
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 2418
Related records 10149189

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.43362, 37.91968 (WGS84)
Elevation 1844

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pioche(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Meadow Valley Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001N 067E 26 NE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hemimorphite Gangue
Jarosite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 1418 CONTAINS 2 PPM AG, 1500 PPM AS, 200 PPM BA, 300 PPM PB, 100 PPM ZR.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Prospect Mountain Quartzite
    Rock description Prospect Mountain Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.43362, 37.91968
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone Trending N30e

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pioche District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • VERTICAL SHAFT, PERIPHERAL SURFACE WORKINGS. SHAFT DANGEROUS AS FENCING HAS BEEN DESTROYED (1983)

Comments on development

  • NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1983

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, P. AND BENTZ, J., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT, AUG. 22, 1983

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHEAR/FAULT ZONE FILLED WITH MASSIVE FISSURE QUARTZ VEIN IN PINKISH-GREY BANDED QUARTZITE. MINOR JAROSITE ALONG WITH HEMIMORPHITE OR CERUSSITE(?) CRYSTALS OCCUR ALONG FRACTURE SURFACES. QUARTZ VEIN HEAVILY STAINED WITH FE-MN OXIDES, FRACCTURED. SOME QUARTZ VEIN BRECCIA APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN MILLED AND IS CEMENTED WITH LIMONITE-STAINED SILICA. LATE-STAGE SILICA VEINING NOTED. MINOR PYRITE OCCURS IN QUARTZ BRECCIA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1984 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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