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NBMG Sample Site 2920

Occurrence in Washoe county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Zinc, Gold, 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047281
MRDS ID M242558
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 2920

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.51129, 40.55488 (WGS84)
Elevation 1396
Relative position ABOUT 1 MILE N 75 E FROM MODOC MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Smith Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gerlach(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Smoke Creek Desert(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(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 Washoe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 031N 022E 16 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ACCESSIBLE BY POOR ROAD FROM THE MOUTH OF COTTONWOOD CANYON . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Silver Ore
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.51129, 40.55488
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cottonwood District; Cottonwood Canyon District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • MILL SITE AND SHAFT; STONE HEAD FRAME FOR A SHAFT AND SEVERAL CAVED ADITS; SITE HAD A 5 STAMP MILL IN LATE 1800'S

Comments on development

  • NO ACTIVITY IN 1985

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 1985, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION 6-4-85

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H.F., JR., 1969, NBMG BULL. 70.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ BRECCIA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-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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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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