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NBMG Sample Site 3858

Occurrence in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Tungsten, Manganese
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047683
MRDS ID M243105
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 3858

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.31818, 39.25852 (WGS84)
Elevation 1335

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 SE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 3858 CONTAINED 3% FE, 0.7% MG, 10% CA, 0.15% TI, 2000 PPM MN, 1.5 PPM BE, 7 PPM CO, 20 PPM CR, 20 PPM CU, 70 PPM MO, 7 PPM NI, 70 PPM PB, 10 PPM SC, 10 PPM SN, 300 PPM SR, 150 PPM V, 10 PPM Y, 200 PPM ZN, 50 PPM ZR.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.31818, 39.25852
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Granite-Shale Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sand Springs District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT ALONG A ROAD

Comments on development

  • NO ACTIVITY IN 1986

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 16 SEP 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 83, 1974, PL. 1.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GRANITE-SHALE CONTACT WITH NARROW IRREGULAR MARGIN. EPIDOTE, GARNET SKARN, TUNGSTEN?

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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