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NBMG Sample Site 3827

Occurrence in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047634
MRDS ID M243047
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 3827
Alternate or previous names Tomboy Prospect?

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.18707, 39.2088 (WGS84)
Elevation 1801

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bell Canyon(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 016N 034E 31 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 0.25 MILE ESE OF GRAND CENTRAL MINE. NOT ACCESSIBLE BY ROAD EAST OF IMPACT AREA. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Strong Alteration, Bleaching Of Volcanic Host.

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 3827 CHIPPED FROM VEIN CONTAINS 0.5% FE, 0.07% MG, 0.05% CA, 0.07% TI, 70 PPM MN, 2 PPM AG, 10 PPM B, 700 PPM BA, 2 PPM BE, 10 PPM MO, 15 PPM PB, 50 PPM ZR.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.18707, 39.2088
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike (1) N 65 E (2) N 20 E
    Dip (1) 75 N (2) 70 N

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fairview District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT

Comments on development

  • DATES FROM EARLY 1900'S ?. NO ACTIVITY IN 1986

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 11 SEP 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 83, 1974, P. 71-74.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 VEINS HOSTED IN RHYOLITE; SOFT, HIGHLY ALTERED, BLEACHED; ONLY MINOR MINERALIZATION (SULFIDES) IN FINE-GRAINED TO BANDED QUARTZ.

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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