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NBMG Sample Site 3821

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097306
MRDS ID M243045
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 3821
Alternate or previous names Fairview Claims?

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.17402, 39.20324 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bell 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 016N 034E 31 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 3821 OF VEIN MATERIAL CONTAINS 0.5% FE, 0.07% MG, 0.05% TI, 70 PPM MN, 70 PPM AG, 1.4 PPM AU (BY AA ANALYSIS), 300 PPM BA, 3 PPM BE, 20 PPM CU, 30 PPM PB, 70 PPM ZR.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.17402, 39.20324
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike S 65 E
    Dip 90
    Width 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fairview District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Spectrum Exploration, Le Roi Spriggs
    Home office Hawthorne, NV
    First year 1986

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT; SMALL TRENCH AND SMALL CAVED ADIT

Comments on development

  • STAKED AS FAIRVIEW CLAIMS, BUT NOT FILED APPARENTLY. SAMPLED RECENTLY BY TENNECO ALSO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, AND TINGLEY, J.V., 10 SEP 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS

  • Deposit

    USDI, BLM, MINING CLAIM RECORDS.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3-4 FT WIDE WHITE QUARTZ VEIN CUTTING OLDER SEDIMENTS. SAMPLE WAS CHIPPED FROM EXPOSED PORTION OF VEIN WHICH SHOWED ONLY MINOR GRAY SULFIDES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-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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