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NBMG Sample Site 3853

Occurrence in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Barium-Barite, Molybdenum
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047680
MRDS ID M243102
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 3853

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.32457, 39.26574 (WGS84)
Elevation 1478

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Frenchman(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 016N 033E 07 NW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 3853 CHIPPED FROM CONTACT CONTAINED 2% FE, 0.2% MG, 0.1% CA, 0.03% TI, 70 PPM MN, 70 PPM AG, 20 PPM B, +5000 PPM BA, 10 PPM CR, 30 PPM CU, 100 PPM MO, 7 PPM NI, 150 PPM PB, 300 PPM SR, 15 PPM V, 1000 PPM ZN, 10 PPM ZR, AND 0.3 PPM AU (BY AA ANALYSIS).

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.32457, 39.26574
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 546.8M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Granite-Limestone Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sand Springs District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECTS FOLLOW A GRANITE-LIMESTONE CONTACT

Comments on development

  • NO ACTIVITY IN 1986

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 15 SEP 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 83, 1974, PL. 1.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit POROUS GOSSAN-LIKE MINERALIZATION IN LIMESTONE WITH STRONG IRON OXIDES, AND PB/AG MINERALIZATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-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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