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NBMG Sample Site 3847

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. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047647
MRDS ID M243061
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 3847
Alternate or previous names Ohio, Ohio No. 1 Patents, Nevada Hills Extension Mine.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.17124, 39.23963 (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

  • PROPERTY ADJOINS NEVADA HILLS MINE ON THE SOUTH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Iron Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Strongly Oxidized

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 3847 OF VEIN MATERIAL CONTAINS 1% FE, 0.3% MG, 0.15% CA, 0.15% TI, 700 PPM MN, 5 PPM AG, 1000 PPM BA, 1.5 PPM BE, 50 PPM CU, 20 PPM LA, 5 PPM MO, 150 PPM PB, 300 PPM SR, 30 PPM V, 150 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

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 28 E
    Dip 67 NW
    Width 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault, N 28 E, 67 Nw

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1906

Mining district

District name Fairview

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Scheve, William R. (Ohio Patent)
    Home office 2101 145th St, #6, Lomita, Ca 90717
  • Type Owner
    Owner Rex Gates, Et Al. (Ohio No. 1 Patent)
    Home office Rte 6 Box 94, S. Mission, Tx, 78572
    First year 1986

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL SHAFT AND TRENCHING.

Comments on development

  • PATENTED IN 1909 AT WHICH TIME THE CLAIMS WERE OWNED BY NEVADA HILLS EXTENSION MINING CO. NO ACTIVITY IN 1986.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    CHURCHILL COUNTY RECORDER, MINING CLAIM RECORDS.

  • Deposit

    USDI, BLM, MINING CLAIM RECORDS.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WORKINGS ARE ALONG A QUARTZ VEIN WITHIN A FAULT HOSTED IN ANDESITE/DACITE. IRON-STAINED QUARTZ HAD NO VISIBLE MINERALIZATION AND ASSAYED ONLY MINOR BASE METAL VALUES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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