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NBMG Sample Site 457

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver
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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. 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 10047031
MRDS ID M242272
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 457

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.45675, 38.04938 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lone Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky Valley(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 002N 040E 11 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermal

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Porphyry > Lamprophyre
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Reed Dolomite
    Rock description Reed Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.45675, 38.04938
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N40-60W
    Dip HIGH ANGLE
    Width 10M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Dike Contacts

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZED ZONE IS ADJACENT TO HIGH ANGLE SILICIC PORPHYRY DIKE. A LAMPROPHYRE DIKE CUTS SHEAR ZONE AND IS MINERALIZED-INDICATING THE DIKE CAME DURING OR POST MINERALIZATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lone Mountain (Weepah, West Divide) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS AND AN ADIT WITH STOPES ABOVES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, 12 JUL 82

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ORE SEEN ON DUMPS IS PORUS TO DENSE, FE-RICH GOSSAN WITH OXIDE ZN AND/OR PB MINERALS. BOXWORK ARE BOTH TRINAGULAR AND SQUARE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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