NBMG Sample Site 2898

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodity Tungsten
Sections on this page
  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 10047402
MRDS ID M242698
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 2898
Related records 10247275

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.25906, 40.03156 (WGS84)
Elevation 1554

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tohakum Peak SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kumiva Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pyramid-Winnemucca Lakes(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 025N 024E 14 SE OF SW OF SW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ACCESSIBLE BY BADLY WASHED ROADS, 2000 FT ESE OF M.G.L. MINE . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2898 FROM CONTACT ZONE CONTAINS 2% FE, 1% MG, 7% CA, 0.1% TI, 3000 PPM MN, 50 PPM B, 100 PPM BA, 2 PPM BE, 5 PPM CO, 30 PPM CR, 100 PPM CU, 30 PPM LA, 7 PPM MO, 10 PPM NI, 5 PPM SC, 500 PPM SR, 70 PPM V, 150 PPM W, 15 PPM Y, 200 PPM ZN, 30 PPM ZR.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 42
USGS model code 14a
Deposit model name W skarn

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 Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Auld Lang Syne Group
    Rock description Auld Lang Syne Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.25906, 40.03156

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Igneous Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Nightingale District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • PARTLY CAVED ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 1 MAR 85, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR, 85-3

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ADIT WAS DRIVEN ON AN IRREGULAR CONTACT BETWEEN THE AULD LANG SYNE GROUP AND A GRANODIORITE. THE POORLY MINERALIZED ZONE HAD MINOR TUNGSTEN IN A STRONGLY IRON-STAINED CONTACT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1986 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.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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