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NBMG Sample Site 2578

Occurrence in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Ore body information
  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 10047548
MRDS ID M242912
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 2578
Related records 10198131

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.35515, 40.26489 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oreana(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 028N 032E 26 NW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 2 MILES DUE EAST OF YOUNG RANCH . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Iron Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Extensive Silification

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2582, DUMP GRAB, CONTAINS 1% FE, 0.07% MG, 1% CA, 0.07% TI, 70 PPM MN, 5 PPM AG, 20 PPM B, 200 PPM BA, 3 PPM BE, 30 PPM CR, 7 PPM CU, 15 PPM NI, 20 PPM PB, 20 PPM V, 150 PPM ZR, AND 0.9 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 > Phyllite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.35515, 40.26489
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DISSEMINATED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Willard District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Western States Minerals Corp.
    First year 1985

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS OLD PROSPECTS, ADITS. RECENT DRILLING

Comments on development

  • RECENT CLAIMS; DRILL ROADS POST-1980.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H.F., 17 JUL 1985, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EXTENSIVE ZONE OF STOCKWORK, VEINS, SILICIFICATION AND IRON-STAINING IN PHYLLITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-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

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