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NBMG Sample Site 3830

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. 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 10047636
MRDS ID M243049
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 3830

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.20207, 39.21491 (WGS84)
Elevation 1643

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 30 SW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 0.7 MILE W NW OF GRAND CENTRAL MINE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 3830 CHIPPED FROM FACE IN PROSPECT CONTAINS 0.7% FE, 0.07% MG, 0.05% CA, 0.07% TI, 100 PPM MN, 1.5 PPM AG, 0.05 PPM AU (BY AA ANALYSIS), 300 PPM BA, 3 PPM BE, 20 PPM LA, 30 PPM PB, 100 PPM SR, 10 PPM V, 70 PPM ZR.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.20207, 39.21491
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Economic information

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 Military Reservation

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL PROSPECT

Comments on development

  • EARLY PROSPECTING IN AREA DATES FROM EARLY 1900'S; NO ACTIVITY IN 1986.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK AND TINGLEY, J.V., 11 SEP 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NARROW SET OF QUARTZ STRINGERS WITH OPEN-SPACES AND SOME KAOLINIZATION & MINOR 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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Authoritative Nevada resources

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