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NBMG Sample Site 3860

Occurrence in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodity 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047685
MRDS ID M243107
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 3860

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.34818, 39.25463 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524

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 032E 13 NW OF NW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 0.33 MILE WEST OF RED TOP CANYON INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 3860 OF VEIN MATERIAL CONTAINED 0.7% FE, 0.1% MG, 0.1% CA, 0.07% TI, 70 PPM MN, 150 PPM B, 1000 PPM BA, 1.5 PPM BE, 5 PPM CU, 5 PPM NI, 30 PPM V, 50 PPM ZR.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.34818, 39.25463
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N-S
    Dip E
    Thickness 0.3M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sand Springs District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

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 8-12 INCH THICK QUARTZ VEIN IN GRANITE. VEIN-STRIKES N, DIPS E AND IS SLIGHTLY BRECCIATED ALONGS ITS CONTACT WITH THE ENCLOSING GRANITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 04-NOV-1994 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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