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NBMG Sample Site 3939

Occurrence in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Molybdenum, Barium-Barite
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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 10047663
MRDS ID M243083
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 3939

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.27263, 39.4588 (WGS84)
Elevation 1807

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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 018N 033E 03 NW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN EAST-SIDE TRIBUTARY CANYON TO ELEVENMILE CANYON ABOUT ONE MILE NORTH OF THE RUINS SHOWN ON TOPO MAP ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Kaolinization Of Gouge Zone

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 3939 FROM OUTCROP ABOVE ADIT PORTAL CONTAINS 1.5% FE, 0.2% MG, 0.07% CA, 0.3% TI, 70 PPM MN, 10 PPM B, 1000 PPM BA, 7 PPM CU, 150 PPM MO, 20 PPM PB, 5 PPM SC, 300 PPM SR, 30 PPM V, 150 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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.27263, 39.4588
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mountain Wells District; Laplata District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL CAVED ADIT

Comments on development

  • NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1986

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 83, 1974, PL. I.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit KAOLINIZED QUARTZ VEIN WITH MINOR IRON STAIN. ADIT WAS DRIVEN ON A 3-4 FT WIDE BAND OF QUARTZ STRINGERS IN A WHITE, PUNKY MASS OF GOUGE OCCUPYING A N-S FAULT ZONE

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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