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NBMG Sample Site 2317

Occurrence in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047262
MRDS ID M242537
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 2317

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.35539, 40.73157 (WGS84)
Elevation 1862

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cherry Creek NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie 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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 033N 041E 15 SE OF NW OF SW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Iron Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2317 OF SELECT COPPER-STAINED APLITE, GOSSAN, AND QUARTZ VEIN MATTER CONTAINS 15% FE, 0.07% MG, 1% CA, 0.1% TI, 500 PPM MN, 70 PPM AG, 300 PPM B, 500 PPM BA, 10 PPM BE, 50 PPM BI, 5 PPM CO, 10000 PPM CU, 7 PPM MO, 5 PPM NI, 50 PPM PB, 10 PPM SC, 100 PPM SN, 500 PPM SR, 100 PPM V, 100 PPM W, 15 PPM Y, 100 PPM ZR.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.35539, 40.73157
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Dike (Aplite)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Buffalo Mountain Mining Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS; BULLDOZER ROAD

Comments on development

  • NO ACTIVITY IN 1984, HOWEVER, DUVAL CORPORATION HAS RECENTLY (1984?) DRILLED 2 ROTARY HOLES ABOUT 2-2.5 KM TO THE SOUTH IN SEC. 22 AND 28. THESE ARE ON DUVAL PLACER CLAIMS AND ENCOUNTERED UNALTERED QUARTZ MONZONITE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., 1984, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION 26 JUL 84

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG BULL 59, PL. J.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SPARSE GREEN OXIDE COPPER MINERALS, GOSSAN AND QUARTZ VEIN MATTER OCCUR ASSOCIATED WITH A 1-2 M WIDE APLITE DIKE WHICH CUTS QUARTZ MONZONITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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