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NBMG Sample Site 2968

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047514
MRDS ID M242874
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 2968

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.62906, 41.59155 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bishop Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denio(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 043N 030E 21 PROJECTED FROM EAST Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 1.3 MILES DUE WEST OF OKLAHOMA MINE. . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Tertiary

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2968 CONTAINS 15 % FE, 0.02 % MG, 0.01 % TI, 500 PPM MN, 50 PPM AG, 300 PPM AS, 30 PPM B, 70 PPM BA, 200 PPM BI, 20 PPM CO, 300 PPM CU, 150 PPM PB, 500 PPM SB, 7 PPM SC, 300 PPM V, 20 PPM Y, 200 PPM ZN, AND 5.7 PPM AU, BY AA ANALYSIS.

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 Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.62906, 41.59155
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Leonard Creek District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL ADIT AND LARGE DOZER CUT NEXT TO AN ORE BIN.

Comments on development

  • NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1984, BUT ORE BIN INDICATES SOME SMALL PRODUCTION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 29 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG BULL. 59, PL. 1.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DOZER CUT PARTIALLY DESTROYED OLD ADIT, AND EXPOSED PART OF THE VEIN SYSTEM. SAMPLE 2968 WAS TAKEN FROM THE VEIN IN THE DOZER CUT AND FROM A PILE OF VEIN MATERIAL NEAR THE ORE BIN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1987 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.

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