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NBMG Sample Site 1967

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper
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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 10047231
MRDS ID M242499
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 1967

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.98065, 37.67494 (WGS84)
Elevation 1853
Relative position NW OF WESTERN MOUTH OF MCAFFEE CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Piper Peak(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 003S 036E 16 PROJECTED FROM SW SW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED AREA. NO ROADS. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Harkless
    Rock description Harkless
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.98065, 37.67494
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Nw-Trending Faults.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Dyer District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFTS, ADITS, AND TRENCHES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION, 4/21/84.

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 78, 1972.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WORKINGS ARE ON NW-STRIKING STRUCTURES WITH VEINS, APLITE AND FELSIC DIKES THAT INTRUDE SANDSTONE AND LIMESTONE. LOCALLY THE OUTCROP IS GOSSANY WITH HIGHLY OXIDIZED, IRON-STAINED VEIN MATERIAL, PROBABLY FAULT-CONTROLLED. SEDIMENT SAMPLES FARM DRAINAGES NE OF THE WORKINGS WERE ANOMALOUS IN HG (SAMPLES 134, 135, 136, 137.)

Reporter information

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

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