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NBMG Sample Site 447

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodity 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10047224
MRDS ID M242492
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 447

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.21841, 37.903 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mud Lake NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin 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 001N 042E 36 NE OF NW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels
    Rock unit name Emigrant
    Rock description Emigrant
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.21841, 37.903
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NW
    Dip LOW ANGLE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracturing?

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Klondyke District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHAFTS AND PITS; DRILL HOLES

Comments on development

  • 2 ROTARY DRILL HOLES 60+ METERS DEED, DONE IN PAST 3-5 YEARS (1982REPORT) WITH 20-40 PILES OF CUTTINGS NEAR THEM

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE,L.J.,1982. FIELD EXAMINATION, 9 JULY 1982

  • Reserve-Resource

    LOVERING,T.G.,1954,P.96

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEINS

Reporter information

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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