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NBMG Sample Site 3845

Occurrence in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047645
MRDS ID M243059
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 3845

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.17263, 39.23824 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737

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 20 NE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 0.4 MILE S. OF NEVADA HILLS SHAFT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillization

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 3845 CONTAINS 1% FE, 0.2% MG, 0.07% CA, 0.2% TI, 200 PPM MN, 10 PPM AG, 1000 PPM BA, 1.5 PPM BE, 30 PPM CU, 15 PPM MO, 5 PPM NI, 300 PPM PB, 200 PPM SR, 30 PPM V, 100 PPM ZR.

Host and associated rocks

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

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 55 E
    Dip 77 NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • N 55 E, 77 Nw Structure

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

  • LARGE ADIT, PARTLY CAVED

Comments on development

  • NO ACTIVITY IN 1986

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINOR QUARTZ VEIN ALONG NE-STRIKING STRUCTURE. ORE IS IN QUARTZ STRINGERS AND SILICIFIED VEIN IN HIGHLY OXIDIZED MATERIAL.

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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