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NBMG Sample Site 3931

Prospect in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Molybdenum, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047658
MRDS ID M243075
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 3931
Alternate or previous names Short Day Claims #8, Eleven Mile Adit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.26735, 39.16908 (WGS84)
Elevation 1637

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chukar 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)

Federal lands

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 018N 033E 10 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • SW SIDE OF ELEVEN MILE CANYON ABOUT 0.5 MILE BELOW RUINS MARKED ON TOPO MAP ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Primary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 3931 FROM LARGE DUMP OF CAVED ADIT CONTAINS 1% FE, 0.07% MG, 0.15% CA, 0.07% TI, 70 PPM MN, 10 PPM AG, 10 PPM B, 70 PPM BA, 1 PPM BE, 15 PPM BI, 200 PPM CU, 30 PPM MO, 7 PPM NI, 100 PPM PB, 15 PPM V, 10 PPM ZR.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.26735, 39.16908
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1976

Mining district

District name Mountain Wells District; Laplata District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Richard Fisk, Laplata Gold Mines
    First year 1986

Comments on the workings information

  • CAVED ADIT ABOVE LARGE DUMP. ADIT BEARS N 55 E.

Comments on development

  • ACTIVE CLAIMS IN 1986, STAKED IN 1976. NEARBY ROAD-BUILDING AND DRILLING IN RECENT YEARS, BUT NO ACTUAL ACTIVITY ON THE CLAIMS IN 1986, AT TIME OF EXAMINATION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 8 OCT 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    BLM RECORDS, 1986

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 83, 1974, PL. I.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEINS CONTAIN PYRITE, MOLYBDENITE, CHALCOPYRITE, AND TETRAHEDRITE. VEINS IN FELSITE NEAR GRANITE CONTACT.
Deposit Discovery Year: STAKED 1976

Reporter information

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

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