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NBMG Sample Site 3834

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. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10047640
MRDS ID M243053
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 3834

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.19429, 39.24519 (WGS84)
Elevation 1554

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016N 034E 18 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • WEST OF NEVADA HILLS MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 3834 FROM DUMP CONTAINS 5% FE, 0.15% TI, 300 PPM MN, 0.07% MG, 5% CA, 3 PPM AG, 20 PPM BA, 15 PPM CO, 3000 PPM CU, 7 PPM MO, 7 PPM NI, 50 PPM PB, 300 PPM SR, 150 PPM V, 15 PPM Y, 1500 PPM ZN, 20 PPM ZR.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 59
USGS model code 18b
Deposit model name Skarn Cu
Mark3 model number 8

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.19429, 39.24519
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Of Mesozoic Sediments With Felsite

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

  • SHALLOW INCLINE

Comments on development

  • OLD WORKINGS; 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 SKARN FORMATION ALONG CONTACT OF SEDIMENTS AND FELSITE. LATEST ROCKS ON PUMP ARE A FINE-GRAINED GRANITE

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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