NBMG Sample Site 2423

Occurrence in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Antimony, Silver, Zinc, Lead, Arsenic, Barium-Barite, Cadmium
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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047428
MRDS ID M242729
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 2423

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.55432, 41.09988 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Red Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jackson Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vya(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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 037N 031E D6 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • JUST NE OF SNOWDRIFT MINE . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Antimony Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Lead Secondary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Cadmium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore
Iron Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Chloritization

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2423, SELECT SAMPLE FROM CUT WITH ABUNDANT CU OXIDES CONTAINS 2% FE, 3% MG, 15% CA, 0.1% TI, 500 PPM MN, 500 PPM AG, 700 PPM AS, 6.5 PPM AU (BY AA ANALYSIS), 100 PPM B, 1500 PPM BA, 500 PPM CD, 50 PPM CO, 20 PPM CR, +20000 PPM CU, 15 PPM NI, 200 PPM PB, +10000 PPM SB, 300 PPM SR, 50 PPM V, 5000 PPM ZN.

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) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.55432, 41.09988

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Granitic Dikes

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Red Butte District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Harris Family? Winnemucca, Nevada
    First year 1984

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL PIT WITH FEW DOZER CUTS SCATTERED RANDOMLY AROUND AREA.

Comments on development

  • NO ACTIVITY IN 1984

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JONES, R.B., 14 AUG 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG BULL 85-3.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HIGHLY ALTERED COARSE-GRAINED INTRUSIVE WITH MINOR CALCITE VEINING, MUCH FE OXIDE, CU OXIDES PLAINLY VISIBLE IN WHAT APPEAR TO BE QUARTZ VEINS ASSOCIATED WITH GRANITIC DIKES FLOAT-COARSE-GRAINED CHLORITIZED DIORITE IN IMMEDIATE AREA, BUT DOES NOT OUTCROP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-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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