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NBMG Sample Site 1265

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047189
MRDS ID M242449
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 1265
Alternate or previous names Sg Claims In Part

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.71621, 38.10937 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Devils Gate(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 003N 038E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Mercury Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification; Strong Argillization Of Volcanics.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.71621, 38.10937
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gilbert District; Desert District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Felmont Oil Corp.
    Home office 1 Houston Ctr, Suite 1109, 1221 Mckinney, Houston, Tx, 77002
    First year 1982

Comments on the workings information

  • AT LEAST 5 VERTICAL SHAFTS ON A DUE NORTH TREND WITH WORKINGS TOTALLING PROBABLY 500 FT. ABUNDANT PERIPHERAL WORKINGS, RECENT BULLDOZING, ASSESSMENT WORK.

Comments on development

  • RECENT BULLDOZING - PROBABLY ASSESSMENT WORK (1982)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, P. AND BENTZ, J., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT, 9-11-82

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CHALCEDONIC QUARTZ VEINS CUT THE VOLCANICS. BOXWORKS, CRYSTALS AFTER CALCITE & DRUSY QUARTZ COATS VUGS AND FRACTURES. CHALCEDONIC AND OPALINE SILICA COAT AND CEMENT BRECCIA; MAMMIUARY HEMATITE/LIMONITE COAT SURFACES. PYRITE GHOSTS. POSSIBLE MERCURY IN CHALCEDONIC VEINS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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