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NBMG Sample Site 3885

Occurrence in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Zinc
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10047593
MRDS ID M243003
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 3885

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.1254, 39.33491 (WGS84)
Elevation 1362

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Drumm Summit(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fallon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 017N 034E 14 SW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NW SIDE OF CHALK MOUNTAIN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 3885 OF GOSSAN MATERIAL CONTAINS +20% FE, 3% MG, 2% CA, 0.05% TI, 2000 PPM MN, 3 PPM AG, 70 PPM B, 100 PPM BA, 20 PPM CO, 500 PPM CU, 5 PPM MO, 30 PPM PB, 100 PPM SN, 200 PPM SR, 50 PPM V, 15 PPM Y, 1000 PPM ZN.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.1254, 39.33491
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Between Felsite And Granodiorite.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Chalk Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 23 SEP 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 83, 1974, PL. 1.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOSSAN-LIKE MINERALIZATION ALONG CONTACT BETWEEN FELSITE AND GRANODIORITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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