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NBMG Sample Site 1116

Prospect in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047101
MRDS ID M242351
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 1116

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.4173, 37.54578 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Montezuma Peak SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cactus-Sarcobatus Flats(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 004S 041E 34 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTH SIDE OF NE TIP OF PALMETTO MOUNTAINS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Intense Hydrothermal Alteration Of Some Intrusives

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Palmetto;Emigrant
    Rock description Palmetto;Emigrant

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Railroad Spring (?) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHALLOW ADITS AND SHAFTS, DOZER CUTS, TRENCHING, DRILL ROADS AND PADS. SOME SUB-SURFACE DRILLING COMPLETE

Comments on development

  • STAKING HAD BEEN DONE RECENTLY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1982, AND RECENT DRILLING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION ON MAY 31, 1982

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEINS WITH COPPER OXIDE MINERALS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1982 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.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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