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NBMG Sample Site 1969

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Barium-Barite
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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 10047184
MRDS ID M242442
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 1969

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.83815, 37.71744 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mohawk Mine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(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 002S 037E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR THE ZOMBIE CLAIM ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Galena Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Strong Hydrothermal Alteration

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 1969 CONTAINED HIGHLY ANOMALOUS AMOUNTS OF BA, MN, SR WITH LESSER BUT ANDMALOUS AMOUNTS OF AG (300 PM), PB AND CU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.83815, 37.71744
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N30E
    Dip 75 NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciation

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Silver Peak District; (Red Mountain Subdistrict)

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • MINOR PROSPECT

Comments on development

  • NOT ACTIVE IN 1984

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION, 4-23-84

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HYDROTHERMALLY ALTERED QUARTZ-CALCITE VEIN WITH BRECCIATED AND MINERALIZED MATRIX. ALTERATION OF RHYOLITE HOST EXTENDS OUTWARD FOR SEVERAL FEET ON BOTH SIDES OF VEIN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1985 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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