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NBMG Sample Site 1483

Occurrence in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold
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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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  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 10047322
MRDS ID M242607
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 1483
Related records 10222642

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.73905, 40.54683 (WGS84)
Elevation 1805

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rocky Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eugene Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Granite Springs Valley(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 031N 029E 16 SW OF SW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • SE OF WILDCAT MINE WORKINGS ON TOP OF HILL. . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Kaolinized Granodiorite

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 1483 CONTAINS 2% FE, 0.2% MG, 0.07% CA, 0.1% TI, 50 PPM MN, 5 PPM AG, 30 PPM B, 500 PPM BA, 10 PPM CR, 15 PPM CU, 10 PPM MO, 7 PPM NI, 5 PPM SC, 150 PPM SR, 70 PPM V, 50 PPM W.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.73905, 40.54683
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 0.03M
    Length 91.44M
  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone-N 30-40 E, 45-55 Se

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Farrell District; Stonehouse District; Seven Troughs District (Northern Part)

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED PROSPECT SHAFTS, CUTS, ALONG NE-TRENDING STRUCTURE, VERTICAL SHAFT, STOPES, CUTS ALONG NNW-TRENDING VEIN

Comments on development

  • INACTIVE AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1984

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J.V., 6 JUN 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, NBMG BULL 89, PL. I.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIN CHALCEDONIC QUARTZ VEIN ALONG STRUCTURES WHICH CUT MODERATELY KAOLINIZED GRANODIORITE. STRUCTURE EXPOSED IN CUTS, OLD WORKINGS FOR ABOUT 300 FT ALONG STRIKE. ON NE END (AT SAMPLE SITE 1483) N 10 W, 75 NE VEIN SYSTEM IS EXPOSED IN CUTS AND VERTICAL SHAFT. VEIN CONSISTS OF BANDED CHALCEDONIC QUARTZ, VUGGY, WITH QUARTZ CRYSTALS IN VUGS. DARK ANDESITE DIKE CUTS GRANODIORITE, IS PARALLEL TO NW VEIN SYSTEM AND IS ABOUT 20 FT EAST OF VEIN.

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

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