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NBMG Sample Site 2446

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Mercury
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098686
MRDS ID M242570
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 2446
Alternate or previous names Dutch Flat Mine Area, Chink Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.49846, 41.17267 (WGS84)
Elevation 1478

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Delvada Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Osgood Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 038N 040E 17 SE OF NW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • PLACER AREA IN SODARISI CANYON . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2446 CONTAINS 5% FE, 0.3% MG, 0.07% CA, 0.2% TI, 200 PPM MN, 70 PPM B, 500 PPM BA, 1 PPM BE, 7 PPM CO, 50 PPM CR, 15 PPM CU, 30 PPM LA, 20 PPM NI, 10 PPM PB, 7 PPM SC, 50 PPM V, 15 PPM Y, 200 PPM ZR.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Dutch Flat District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS PITS, CUTS, TRENCHES EXTENDING OVER ABOUT 0.25 MILE STARTING AT MOUTH OF CANYON.

Comments on development

  • APPEARS TO BE MOSTLY PLACER GROUND. NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1985, ALTHOUGH THERE HAS BEEN WORK IN SODARISI CANYON WITHIN LAST 2 YEARS. NEW WORK (CHINK CLAIMS) APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN A SAMPLING PROJECT AS THERE ARE SEVERAL SEEMINGLY NEW BACK HOE TRENCHES AND CAT CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JONES, R.B., 1985, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS, 4-24-85.

  • Deposit

    HOTZ, P.E. AND WILLDEN, R., 1964, USGS PP 431.

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, W.O., 1936, NBMG BULL 27.

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG BULL 59.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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