NBMG Sample Site 3894

Past Producer in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, 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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10098696
MRDS ID M243128
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 3894
Alternate or previous names Silver Center Group, High Divide #1 Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.09429, 39.46685 (WGS84)
Elevation 1570

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wonder Mountain(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

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 Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 019N 035E 31 NW OF SW 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

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification; Bleaching

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 3894 OF QUARTZ STRINGERS IN ALTERED RHYOLITE FROM OLD WORKINGS CONTAINED 0.7% FE, 0.07% MG, 0.1% TI, 30 PPM MN, 15 PPM AG, 10 PPM B, 150 PPM BA, 1 PPM BE, 50 PPM MO, 20 PPM PB, 15 PPM V, 100 PPM ZR.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.09429, 39.46685

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 40 W
    Dip IRREGULAR, NEAR-VERTICAL
    Width 12.19M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1907

Mining district

District name Wonder District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Silver Center Mine Co.,
    Home office 120 Greenridge Dr., Reno, NV 89502
    First year 1986

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 75-100 FT SHAFTS DUG BY HAND ABOUT 1907-1908; HAND CAPSTAN STILL IN PLACE.

Comments on development

  • WORKINGS INDICATE SOME SMALL PAST PRODUCTION-DUG BY HAND ABOUT 1907-1908. NO ACTIVITY IN 1986-STAKING OF CLAIM HIGH DIVIDE #1.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 24 SEPT 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    USDI, BLM, MINING CLAIM RECORDS AND FILES.

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 83, 1974, PL. 1.

  • Deposit

    FRANK LEWIS, PERSONAL FILES.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHAFT WAS SUNK ON A BLEACHED-WHITE ZONE ADJACENT TO A 30 TO 40-FOOT THICK SILICIFIED RIB. THE SILICIFIED STRUCTURE CROPS OUT ALONG A N 40 W STRIKE AND DISPLAYS AN IRREGULAR BUT NEAR-VERTICAL DIP. THESE WORKINGS, IN THE WESTERN-MOST PORTION OF THE SILVER CENTER CLAIM BLOCK EXPLORE FRACTURE ZONES THAT MAY PROJECT FROM THE WONDER MINE TO THE SE.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1907-1908

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-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.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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