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NBMG Sample Site 1964

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc
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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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047197
MRDS ID M242458
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 1964
Related records 10270906

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.36841, 37.24662 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Last Chance Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Death Valley-Lower Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(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 008S 042E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ACCESSIBLE BY FAIR DIRT ROAD THE LAST 0.5 MILE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Alteration

  • (Local) Alteration Is Limited To Within 20 Feet Of The Contact

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE OF VEIN MATERIAL ON DUMPS WAS ANOMALOUS IN CU,PB, ZN WITH 15 PPM AG.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Wyman Formation
    Rock description Wyman

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.36841, 37.24662
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Igneous Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tokop District; Gold Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 TIMBERED SHAFTS, ONE CAVED ADIT

Comments on development

  • NO ACTIVITY IN 1984

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE,JACK,1984, FIELD EXAMINATION, 4-19-84

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WORKINGS ARE ALONG A CONTACT BETWEEN SEDIMENTS AND A STRONGLY WEATHERED QUARTZ MONZONITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-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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Authoritative Nevada resources

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