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NBMG Sample Site 2972

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, 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 10047298
MRDS ID M242578
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 2972

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.60739, 41.64599 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Howard Hot Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denio(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vya(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Quinn(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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 044N 030E 34 N OF CENTER (34) Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NORTH SIDE PASS CREEK ABOUT 0.4 MILE FROM MOUTH. ACCESSIBLE ON FOOT FROM THE EAST. . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2972 FROM ADIT DUMP CONTAINS 10% FE, 0.02% MG, 0.15% TI, 100 PPMN, 10 PPM B, 50 PPM BA, 10 PPM CR, 150 PPM CU, 20 PPM MO, 7 PPM NI, 50 PPM V.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.60739, 41.64599
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip IRREGULAR
    Width 1.22M

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 Varyville District; Pine Forest District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS AND PROSPECTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 1984, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION, 9-30-84, AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG BULL 59

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BRECCIATED, IRON-STAINED VEIN WITH VISIBLE SULFIDE MINERALIZATION AND NOTICEABLE SLICKENSIDES, SUGGESTING POST-MINERAL. FAULT MOVEMENT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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