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NBMG Sample Site 2935

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047326
MRDS ID M242611
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 2935
Related records 10247564

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.81155, 40.59017 (WGS84)
Elevation 1730

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Juniper 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 032N 028E 35 SW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ACCESSIBLE BY POOR OLD DIRT ROAD STREWN WITH LARGE ROCKS. ROADS TOWORKINGS NO LONGER USABLE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2935

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.81155, 40.59017
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 45 W
    Dip 90

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
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

  • UPPER SHAFT AND LOWER ADIT. OTHER WORKINGS IN THE AREA TO THE SOUTH NOT SHOWN ON THE COUNTY BULLETIN MAP.

Comments on development

  • NO ACTIVITY IN JUNE 1985.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 1985, FIELD EXAMINATION, 6 JUNE 85, AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BOTH WORKINGS WERE DRIVEN ON A VERTICAL N 45 W QUARTZ VEIN IN A DARK GREY GRANODIORITE. THE UPPER SHAFT WAS DRIVEN ON AN APPARENTLY BARREN PORTION OF THE VEIN SYSTEM. MINERALIZATION ON THE DUMP NEAR THE LOWER ADIT INCLUDES COPPER, TETRAHEDRITE, AND POSSIBLE SILVER ORE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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