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NBMG Sample Site 1968

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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047185
MRDS ID M242443
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 1968
Alternate or previous names Silver Queen Tunnel Drainage

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.81149, 37.7455 (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

  • NW OF SILVER QUEEN MINE ON A ROAD THAT CROSSES THE DRAINAGE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Analytical data

Result VEIN OR DUMP SAMPLE WAS ANOMALOUS IN AG (70 PPM), MN, BA, BE, PB, ZN, WITH MINOR W AND HG.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.81149, 37.7455
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Economic information

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION 4-22-84

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BRECCIATED CHUNK OF HIGHLY OXIDIZED HYDROTHERMALLY ALTERED VEIN MATERIAL WITH BARITE CRYSTALS IN THE MATRIX. SAMPLE MAY BE FROM SAME VEIN THAT THE TONOPAH TUNNEL WAS DRIVEN ON.

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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