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NBMG Sample Site 3945

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047668
MRDS ID M243089
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 3945
Alternate or previous names Short Day Claims #8, #9.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.28068, 39.43519 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676

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 09 SE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Kaolinite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Kaolinization, Sericitization, Of Granite

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 3945 FROM QUARTZ VEIN CONTAINS 0.05% FE, 700 PPM AG, 10 PPM B, 700 PPM BI, 5000 PPM CU, 5 PPM NI, 700 PPM PB, 1500 PPM SB, 500 PPM ZN, AND 0.05 PPM AU (BY AA ANALYSIS).

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.28068, 39.43519
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 70 E
    Dip NW
    Width 0.61M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

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

  • PROSPECT, INCLINE

Comments on development

  • ACTIVE CLAIMS IN 1986, BUT NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN OCT., 1986. AREA IS WITHIN CLAIMS FORMERLY HELD AND EXPLORED BY FREEPORT EXPLORATION AND LATER PHELPS DODGE CORP, WHOSE ACTIVITY CONSISTED OF ROAD BUILDING, GEOCHEMICAL SAMPLING AND SOME ROTARY DRILLING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK & TINGLEY, J.V., 9 OCT 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS

  • Deposit

    BLM-USDI, 1986, MINING CLAIM RECORDS

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 83, 1974, PL 1.

  • Deposit

    PHELPS DODGE CORP. DATA.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2-FT COMB QUARTZ VEIN IN SERICITIC, KAOLINIZED GRANITE, WITH CU OXIDE MINERALS AND SILVER SULFIDES. INCLINE SUNK ON BANDED QUARTZ VEIN WHICH MAY BE A PROJECTION OF THE VEIN SAMPLED IN SAMPLE 3944. THE VEIN CUTS GRANITE WHICH IS KAOLINIZED & SERICITIZED.

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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