NBMG Sample Site 3876

Occurrence in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, Tungsten
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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10047599
MRDS ID M243009
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 3876

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.12624, 39.32769 (WGS84)
Elevation 1439

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 23 NW Nevada

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Tungsten Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 3876 CHIPPED FROM VEIN CONTAINS +20% FE, 1.5% MG, 3% CA, 0.15% TI, 200 PPM MN, 20 PPM AG, 700 PPM AS, 70 PPM B, 100 PPM BA, 1 PPM BE, 150 PPM BI, 30 PPM CR, 100 PPM CU, 30 PPM MO, 5 PPM NI, 5000 PPM PB, 10 PPM SC, 20 PPM SN, 100 PPM V, 150 PPM W, 15 PPM Y, 3000 PPM ZN, 50 PPM ZR.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.12624, 39.32769

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Of Dolomite 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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 22 SEP 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 83, 1974, PL. 1.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN ALONG CONTACT BETWEEN DOLOMITE AND GRANODIORITE-GOSSAN WITH FE-MN OXIDE.

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.

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.