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NBMG Sample Site 3849

Occurrence in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodity Silver
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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 10047648
MRDS ID M243062
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 3849
Alternate or previous names Lookout Nos. 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, Fairplay Patented Claims, Philadelphia Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.16818, 39.23991 (WGS84)
Elevation 1777

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 OF NE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 0.25 MILE SE OF NEVADA HILLS SHAFT, ON ADJOINING CLAIM GROUP EAST OF NEVADA HILLS "GLORY HOLE". ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Strong

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 3849 FROM DUMP CONTAINS 2% FE, 0.5% MG, 0.3% CA, 0.2% TI, 200 PPM MN, 1.5 PPM AG, 10 PPM B, 1000 PPM BA, 30 PPM CU, 5 PPM NI, 30 PPM PB, 5 PPM SC, 300 PPM SR, 70 PPM V, 100 PPM ZR.

Host and associated rocks

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

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • E-W Structure

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1907

Mining district

District name Fairview District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Roth, Gerald E.
    Home office 80 S. Allen St., Fallon, Nv, 89406
    First year 1986

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1907, DEVELOPMENT ON THE CLAIMS CONSISTED OF 5 CUTS, 1 SHAFT, 1 TRENCH AND 1 SHAFT WITH DRIFT.

Comments on development

  • CLAIMS SURVEYED IN 1907, PATENTED IN 1909 AT WHICH TIME THEY WERE OWNED BY THE FAIRVIEW PHILADELPHIA MINING CO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C., 1947, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE CARSON SINK AREA; USGS OFR.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    USDI., BLM, MINING CLAIM RECORDS

  • Deposit

    CHURCHILL COUNTY RECORDER, MINING CLAIM RECORDS; ASSESSOR'S RECORDS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG MINING DISTRICT FILE 7, CLAIM MAP OF FAIRVIEW, 1906.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WORKINGS ARE ALONG A STRONG E-W STRUCTURE IN HIGHLY ALTERED ANDESITE

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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