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NBMG Sample Site 3932

Prospect in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Lead
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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 10097309
MRDS ID M243076
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 3932
Alternate or previous names Short Day Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.27429, 39.43824 (WGS84)
Elevation 1695

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

La Plata 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 018N 033E 10 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON SW SIDE OF ELEVEN MILE CANYON ABOUT 0.5 MILE SOUTH OF RUINS MARKED ON TOPO MAP. ACCESSIBLE BY ROAD VIA BLACK SPRINGS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 3932, CHIPPED FROM VEIN EXPOSED NEAR SHAFT CONTAINS 0.05% FE, 0.002% TI, 20 PPM MN, 150 PPM AG, 10 PPM B, 300 PPM BI, 2000 PPM CU, 200 PPM PB, 1500 PPM SB, 10 PPM V.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.27429, 39.43824
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip NEAR 90

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1976

Mining district

District name Mountain Wells District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Richard Fisk, Laplata Gold Mines
    First year 1986

Comments on the workings information

  • OLD CAVED SHAFT, VERTICA, CAVED ABOUT 20 FT BELOW COLLAR.

Comments on development

  • CLAIMS STAKED IN 1976, STILL ACTIVE. NO ACTIVITY ON CLAIMS AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1986, BUT NEARBY ROAD-BUILDING AND DRILLING IN RECENT YEARS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 8 OCT 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS

  • Deposit

    U.S.D.I., BLM., 1986, MINING CLAIM RECORDS

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 83, 1974, PL. I.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NARROW QUARTZ VEIN CUTS FELSITE AND ANDESITE, POORLY EXPOSED STRUCTURE. VEIN MATERIAL ON DUMPS CONSISTS OF WHITE QUARTZ WITH CHALCOPYRITE, PYRITE AND POSSIBLY TETRAHEDRITE
Deposit Discovery Year: STAKED 1976

Reporter information

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

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