NBMG Sample Site 3839

Occurrence in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Molybdenum
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. 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 10047643
MRDS ID M243057
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 3839

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.18263, 39.24519 (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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016N 034E 17 SW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • BETWEEN NEVADA HILLS FLORENCE MINE AND IDA MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification Of Vein Material

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 3839 OF VEIN MATERIAL CONTAINS 1% FE, 2% MG, 0.07% CA, 0.07% TI, 200 PPM MN, 7 PPM AG, 0.05 PPM AU (BY AA ANALYSIS), 500 PPM BA, 3 PPM BE, 50 PPM CU, 50 PPM MO, 150 PPM PB, 30 PPM V, 50 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) Older gravels

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 25 E
    Dip 75 SW
    Thickness 1.83M
    Length 91.44M

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

  • CROSSCUT ADIT ON EXPOSED VEIN

Comments on development

  • PROBABLY EXPLORED IN EARLY 1900'S. NO ACTIVITY IN 1986.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK AND TINGLEY, J.V., 12 SEP 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG MAP FILE 7, CLAIM MAP OF FAIRVIEW DISTRICT

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CROSS-CUT ADIT ON VEIN 4-6 FT WIDE IN RHYOLITE. TRACEABLE ON SURFACE FOR OVER 300 FT. VEIN CONSISTS OF STRINGERS OF VUGGY IRON-STAINED QUARTZ-LIMONITE WITH MINOR BRECCIATION.

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

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