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NBMG Sample Site 2852

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. 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. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047332
MRDS ID M242617
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 2852
Alternate or previous names Box Canyon Mine
Related records 10222264

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.47488, 40.83906 (WGS84)
Elevation 1545

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Long Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eugene Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Quinn(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 034N 031E 03 SE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • SEVERAL MILES ON FOOT UP BOX CANYON AND NORTH 0.5 MILE ABOVE BOX CANYON SPRING NO. 2 (ON TOPO). ROAD CANNOT BE SEEN FROM BOX CANYON . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2852 OF DUMP AND EXPOSED VEIN MATERIAL CONTAINS 3% FE, 0.1% MG, 2% CA, 0.15% TI, 500 PPM MN, 1500 PPM AS, 0.2 PPM AU (AA ANALYSIS), 70 PPM B, 200 PPM BA, 1 PPM BE, 10 PPM CR, 20 PPM CU, 7 PPM NI, 10 PPM PB, 5 PPM SC, 20 PPM V, 10 PPM Y, 20 PPM ZR.

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 Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Rock unit name Auld Lang Syne Group
    Rock description Auld Lang Syne Group

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 30 E
    Dip 45-55 NW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Haystack District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Southern Pacific Railroad
    First year 1972

Comments on the workings information

  • SINGLE INCLINE SHAFT WITH HEADFRAME. INCLINE IS TRACKED AND APPEARS TO BE STILL USABLE

Comments on development

  • OLD WORKINGS; HEADFRAME OF SHAFT STILL STANDING IN GOOD CONDITION, BUT ROAD IS GONE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 15 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEINS IN METASILISTONE. SHAFT WAS SUNK ON A VEIN THAT IS BRECCIATED NEAR THE SURFACE ALTHOUGH MOST OF THE QUARTZ MATERIAL ON THE DUMP IS NOT BRECCIATED. NUMEROUS BULL QUARTZ VEINS OUT CROP ALONG THE MOUNTAIN SIDE AND LITTER THE LANDSCAPE AS SKREE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-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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