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NBMG Sample Site. 3174

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
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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. 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 10095393
MRDS ID M042777
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site. 3174

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.82344, 38.98381 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ellsworth(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gabbs Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013N 037E 16,21 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ACCESSIBLE BY POOR ROAD EAST OF LODI VALLEY. JUST SOUTH OF MOUTH OF MARBLE FALLS CANYON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.82344, 38.98381
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike S70E
    Dip 90
    Width 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ellsworth District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 ADITS, THE BIGGEST ABOUT 50 FT LONG, ONE ABOVE THE OTHER ON THE LOWER WEST SIDE OF THE RANGE

Comments on development

  • NO PAPER ON THESE PROSPECTS; NO ACTIVITY WHEN EXAMINED IN 1986. THERE ARE NO ROADS TO THE WORKINGS AND APPARENTLY NO ORE WAS DEVELOPED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 11 MAY 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 99B, 1984, P. 91-94.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WORKINGS EXPLORE A SHEAR ZONE COMPOSED MOSTLY OF QUARTZ STRINGERS WITH SOME PYRITE. SAMPLE 3174 WAS A COMPOSITE OF THE BEST LOOKING ORE FROM THE VEINS AND DUMPS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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