NBMG Sample Site 1480

Occurrence in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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. Mineral occurrence model 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 10047522
MRDS ID M242883
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 1480

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.76516, 40.23489 (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

Lowry Well(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Granite Springs Valley(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 027N 029E 06 SE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 0.5 MILE SOUTH OF VELVET GOLD MINE. . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 1480 OF KAOLINIZED, SILICIFIED WELDED ASH-FLOW TUFF WITH DULL ORANGE-BROWN LIMONITE ON FRACTURE SURFACES CONTAINS 1 % FE, 0.2 % MG, 0.3 % , 0.1 % TI, 100 PPM MN, 3 PPM AG, 30 PPM B, 700 PPM BA, 20 PPM CU, 100 PPM LA, 20 PPM MO, 5 PPM NI, 70 PPM PB, 5 PPM SC, 10 PPM V, 50 PPM Y, 200 PPM ZR, AND 0.05 PPM AU, BY AA ANALYSIS.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.76516, 40.23489

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N20W
    Dip NEAR 90
    Width 4.57M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Velvet District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SHORT ADIT INTO SOUTH RIM OF BASIN; CUTS.

Comments on development

  • NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1984.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J.V., 5 JUN 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINTAION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, NBMG BULLETIN 89, PL. 1.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RUBBLE ZONE ALONG N20W, NEAR VERTICAL STRUCTURE WHICH CUTS ARGILLIZED, BLEACHED WELDED ASH-FLOW TUFF. SILICIFICATION ALONG STRUCTURE; ZONE IS ABOUT 15 FT WIDE AS EXPOSED IN ADIT AND CUTS.

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.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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