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NBMG Sample Site 3940

Occurrence in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, 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 10047664
MRDS ID M243084
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 3940

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.27513, 39.45824 (WGS84)
Elevation 1530

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 OF NW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN EAST-SIDE TRIBUTARY CANYON TO ELEVEN-MILE CANYON ABOUT A MILE ABOVE RUINS SHOWN ON TOPO MAP ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Gangue
Kaolinite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Strong Alteration And Leaching Of Wall Rock Near Vein

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 3940 CHIPPED FROM VEIN CONTAINS 1.5% FE, 0.2% MG, 0.07% CA, 0.3% TI, 70 PPM MN, 0.5 PPM AG, 10 PPM B, 1500 PPM BA, 1 PPM BE, 30 PPM CU, 20 PPM LA, 10 PPM MO, 20 PPM PB, 5 PPM SC, 300 PPM SR, 50 PPM V, 15 PPM Y, 150 PPM ZR.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.27513, 39.45824
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 85 W
    Dip 80 SW
    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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT TRENCH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 83, 1974, PL. 1.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ STRINGERS IN IRON-STAINED SHEAR. KAOLINIZED LIMONITE WITH CLOTS OF HEMATITE AFTER PYRITE

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

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