NBMG Sample Location 1500

Occurrence in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. 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 10046538
MRDS ID M241715
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Location 1500
Related records 10270878

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.085, 37.94052 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Deer Lodge Canyon(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)

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 001N 070E 13 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Moderate Kaolinization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.085, 37.94052

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N35E
    Dip 40 NW
    Thickness 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Crushed Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Eagle Valley (Stateline, Gold Springs, Fay) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT (CAVED), OREBIN AND OLD SHAFT HOUSE, NEW TRENCHING

Comments on development

  • NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1984, BUT AREA HAD BEEN RECENTLY SAMPLED, WITH NEW TRENCHING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J.V. AND QUADE, JACK, 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION 6/15/84.

  • Deposit

    TSCHANZ, C.M. AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, NBMG BULL 73, PL. II.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ - CARBONATE VEIN IN MODERATELY KAOLINIZED ANDESITE, OUTCROP IS ABOUT 20 FT WIDE, A MASSIVE CRUSHED ZONE LACED WITH QUARTZ - CARBONATE VEINLETS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1984 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.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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