| Deposit ID | 10046840 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M242056 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Silver Mountain Working South |
| Alternate or previous names | NBMG Sample Site 1957 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.46924, 37.20384 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1341 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Esmeralda(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
West of Gold Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Last Chance Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Death Valley-Lower Amargosa(hydrologic unit)
Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)
Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)
California(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Esmeralda |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 009S | 041E | 01 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Sulfur | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Sulfur | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | SAMPLE 1957 FROM STOPE ON CONTACT SHOWED ANOMALOUS PB, ZN, 300 PPM AG, AND 1.2 PPM AU. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble |
| Rock unit name | Wyman Formation |
| Rock description | Wyman |
| (1) | -117.46924, 37.20384 |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Tokop (Oriental Wash) District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M242056 |
NBMG BULL. 78, P. 71-72, P.60, PL.2.
USBM, 1978, MILS DATA
QUADE, JACK, 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION 4-18-84.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SULFUR OCCURS AS VEINLETS IN MARBLE OF WYMAN FORMATION IN A CANYON A FEW HUNDRED FEET NW OF SILVER MOUNTAIN PROSPECT. CONTACT OF QUARTZ MONZONITE WITH PALEOZOIC SEDIMENTS; IRREGULAR STRIKE, VERY LOW DIP ANGLE, CONTACT FILLED WITH QUARTZ MATERIAL. HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION EXTENSIVE AND EXTENDING INTO A NARROW TACTITE ZONE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1982 | La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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