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NBMG Sample Site 3883

Occurrence in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Gold
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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. 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 10047594
MRDS ID M243004
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 3883

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.14152, 39.29019 (WGS84)
Elevation 1460

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

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 017N 034E 34 SE OF SW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON TOP OF PROMINENT KNOB SOUTH OF CHALK MOUNTAIN AND JUST NORTH OF HIGHWAY 50 AT DRUMM SUMMIT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 3883 OF VOLCANIC TUFF CONTAINS 3% FE, 1% MG, 1.5% CA, 0.3% TI, 300 PPM MN, 15 PPM B, 1000 PPM BA, 15 PPM CO, 20 PPM CR, 10 PPM CU, 20 PPM LA, 7 PPM NI, 70 PPM PB, 7 PPM SC, 500 PPM SR, 100 PPM V, 15 PPM Y, 150 PPM ZR.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Glassy Rock > Vitrophyre
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Glassy Rock > Vitrophyre
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.14152, 39.29019
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Chalk Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT

Comments on development

  • GOLD PROSPECT?

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 NO VISIBLE MINERALIZATION

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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