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NBMG Sample Site 1082

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodity Sulfur
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046632
MRDS ID M241823
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 1082

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.95677, 38.14771 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rock Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring 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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003N 036E 03 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Chalcopyrite Unknown

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.95677, 38.14771
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip STEAPLY SW

Comments on the geologic information

  • ROCK IS CUT WITH FINGERS OF SULFIDE BEARING QUARTZ VEIN, FRACTURED, WITH A PLAT 4 MINERAL COATING SURFACE. DUMP COATED WITH YELLOW-GREEN OXIDE FROM SULFIDES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rock Hill

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF INCLINED SHAFT ABOUT 50 LONG, TRENDING SW 75 DEGREES, WITH 10 PERIPHERAL DOG HOLES, SOME DOZER WORK.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, 1982, FIELD EXMINATION (AUG. 29, 1982)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1983 Lyles, B.F. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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