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NBMG Sample Site 2809

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047324
MRDS ID M242609
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 2809
Related records 10222056

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.72905, 40.58322 (WGS84)
Elevation 1770

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)

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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 031N 029E 04 SW OF NE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • VERY POOR ROAD THE LAST 3 MILES. IN EGBERT CANYON . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Iron Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2809 OF VOLCANIC BRECCIA WITH IRON OXIDES CONTAINS 0.7% FE, 0.7% MG, .2% CA, 0.07% TI, 200 PPM MN, 1 PPM AG, 50 PPM B, 500 PPM BA, 3 PPM BE, 100 PPM CU, 5 PPM NI, 200 PPM PB, 500 PPM SR, 10 PPM V, 20 PPM Y, 70 PPM ZR.

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 Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Glassy Rock > Obsidian
    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 Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Glassy Rock > Obsidian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.72905, 40.58322
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 20 E
    Dip 75 W

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Farrell District; Stone House District; Seven Troughs District (Northern Part)

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE VERY SHALLOW SHAFT OR PROSPECT NEAR A FALLING-DOWN CABIN; ANOTHER PROSPECT ACROSS THE CANYON.

Comments on development

  • NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1984.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 4 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, NBMG BULL 89, PL 1.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WORKINGS ARE IN ALLUVIUM ADJACENT TO AN ANDESITE DIKE THAT BEARS N20 E AND DIPS 75 W. THE OTHER PROSPECT ON NORTH SIDE OF EGBERT CANYON IS IN A PERLITE.

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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