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NBMG Sample Site 3933

Prospect in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Molybdenum, Lead, Gold, Antimony
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047659
MRDS ID M243077
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 3933
Alternate or previous names Short Day Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.27485, 39.43797 (WGS84)
Elevation 1713

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

La Plata 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

  • ON TOP OF RIDGE ON SW SIDE OF ELEVEN MILE CANYON ABOUT 0.5 MILE SOUTH OF RUINS SHOWN ON TOPO MAP. ACCESSIBLE VIA ROAD FROM BLACK SPRINGS. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Primary
Lead Secondary
Gold Secondary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 3933 FROM SHAFT DUMP CONTAINS 0.5% FE, 0.2% FE, 10 PPM MN, 150 PPM AG, 15 PPM B, 1000 PPM BI, 3000 PPM CU, 150 PPM MO, 5 PPM NI, 700 PPM PB, 700 PPM SB, 0.1 PPM AU (BY A A ANALYSIS).

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.27485, 39.43797
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

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

  • DEEP OLDER SHAFT, RECENT DRILLING; SHAFT NOW FLOODED; RECENT ROAD-BUILDING

Comments on development

  • RECENT DRILLING ON ACTIVE CLAIMS STAKED IN 1976; RECENT ROAD BUILDING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    USDI., 1986, BLM MINING CLAIM RECORD.

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 83, 1974, PL. I.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: STAKED 1976
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN CUTS FELSITE AND ANDESITE; STRUCTURE NOT WELL-EXPOSED. VEIN MATERIAL ON DUMP CONSISTS OF WHITE QUARTZ WITH TETRAHEDRITE, CU OXIDES, MOLYBDENITE AND OTHER SULFIDES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-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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