NBMG Sample Site 2943

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098689
MRDS ID M242660
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 2943
Related records 10280136

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.44182, 40.98849 (WGS84)
Elevation 1600

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jungo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eugene Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Quinn(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(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 036N 032E 18 SE OF SW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • WORKINGS ACCESSIBLE ONLY BY STEEP FOOT TRAILS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermal, Along Vein

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2943 FROM DUMP AND OPEN STOPE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.44182, 40.98849

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description N-S-Trending Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 25 E
    Dip 50 E

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Jungo Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Edward C. Barr And Leonard Cubbins
    Home office Grand View, Washington
    Last year 1983

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS, SHAFTS, INCLINES, OPEN STOPES; REMAINS OF A TRAM INCLUDING DRUM AND CLUTCH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 8 JUN 85, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG BULL 59, PL. I.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NEAR THE RIDGE-CREST, A SHAFT AND ADJACENT OPEN STOPE OPEN A N 25 E, 50 E VEIN WHICH CUTS A LIGHT PINK, FINE-GRAINED GRANITE OR FELSIC DIKE. THIS VEIN HAS MORE HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION ALONG WITH BRECCIA, AND NO GALENA. LARGE QUARTZ VEINS INTRUDE AND CROSS CUT THE SEDIMENTS IN A RANDOM FASHION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1985 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.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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