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NBMG Sample Site 2312

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Manganese
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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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047263
MRDS ID M242538
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 2312

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.25901, 40.78184 (WGS84)
Elevation 1580

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brooks Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 034N 042E 33 SE OF NW OF NW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • AT SE FOOT OF BUFFALO MOUNTAIN . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2312 OF SELECT GOSSAN AND OXIDE-COPPER BEARING ROCK CONTAINS 20% FE 0.1% MG, 5% CA, 0.05% TI, 1000 PPM MN, 50 PPM AG, 500 PPM AS, 70 PPM B, 500 PPM BA, 15 PPM BI, 50 PPM CO, 15 PPM CR, 5000 PPM CU, 5 PPM MO, 50 PPM NI, 100 PPM PB 150 PPM SB, 5 PPM SC, 70 PPM V, 200 PPM W, 20 PPM Y, 5000 PPM ZN, 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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    Rock unit name Pumpernickel
    Rock description Pumpernickel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.25901, 40.78184
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thrust Fault Emplacing Havallah Fm Over Pumpernickel

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 10 E
    Dip 40 NW
    Plunge direction 1

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
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

  • 2 ADITS, A FEW SHORT VERTICAL STOPES, AND NUMEROUS (MORE RECENT) BULLDOZER CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., 1984, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION, 25 JUL 84

  • Deposit

    MARSH, S.P. AND ERICKSON, R.L., 1977, USGS GQ-1366.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOSSAN, OXIDE COPPER MINERALS WITH SPOTTY QUARTZ VEIN MATTER IN THE FOOTWALL OF A N 10 E 40 NW FAULT ZONE, 1-4 M BELOW THE FAULT PLANE. A 1-M WIDE CRUSH ZONE OCCURS ABOVE THE MAIN FAULT PLANE.

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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