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NBMG Sample Site 1461

Occurrence in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Uranium, Zeolites
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046521
MRDS ID M241694
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 1461
Related records 10222124

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.67976, 37.60857 (WGS84)
Elevation 1670

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tempiute Mountain South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Timpahute Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sand Spring-Tikaboo 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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004S 056E 09 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Zeolites Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Zeolite Gangue

Analytical data

Result NBMG SAMPLE 1461 CONTAINS 10% FE, 1000 PPM MN, 150 PPM BA, 50 PPM CU, 100 PPM PB, 100 PPM SR, 50 PPM W, 100 PPM ZN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Ash-Flow Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.67976, 37.60857
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED

Comments on the geologic information

  • TUFF OUTCROPS PROMINENTLY ON EITHER SIDE OF DRAINAGE. PUNKY, PUMICE FRAGMENTS, GLASSY FRAGMENTS IN TUFF.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1865

Mining district

District name Tempiute District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SINGLE VERTICAL SHAFT, REMAINS OF FOUNDATIONS OF SEVERAL BUILDINGS. MAY BE A WELL. ABOUT 30 FT DEEP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, P. AND BENTZ, J., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT, OCT. 14, 1983

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1860'S

Reporter information

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

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