NBMG Sample Site 2801

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047448
MRDS ID M242754
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 2801
Related records 10174754

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.62793, 40.77767 (WGS84)
Elevation 1510

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sulphur(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eugene Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower 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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 034N 030E 2932 SE OF SW (29) OF NE OF NW (32) Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTH SIDE OF ROSEBUD CANYON, JUST WEST OF WONDER METAL. ACCESSIBLE BY GOOD DIRT ROADS OFF MAIN TRACK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2801 OF MATERIAL FROM SEVERAL DIFFERENT VEINS JUST SOUTH OF THE CABINS CONTAINS 10% FE, 0.2% MG, 0.15% CA, 0.07% TI, 1000 PPM MN, 0.7 PPM AG, 150 PPM B, 1000 PPM BA, 50 PPM CD, 20 PPM CO, 10 PPM CR, 100 PPM CU, 30 PPM MO, 100 PPM NI, 70 PPM PB, 5 PPM SC, 1000 PPM SR, 200 PPM V, 10 PPM Y, 1500 PPM ZN 30 PPM ZR.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Auld Lang Syne
    Rock description Auld Lang Syne
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.62793, 40.77767

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1925

Mining district

District name Scossa District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Maklenburg/Duncan Of Oklahoma .
    First year 1984

Comments on the workings information

  • DOZER CUTS, PROSPECTS, SEVERAL CABINS IN FAIR CONDITION.

Comments on development

  • NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1984.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 3 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, NBMG BULL 89, PL. 1.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCALLY, QUARTZ VEINS IN PLACE AND AS FLOAT IN ALLUVIUM COVER OLDER METASEDIMENTS. DOZER CUTS USED TO UNCOVER QUARTZ VEINS AND TO DETERMINE THEIR EXTENT. VEINS ARE VUGGY, IRON, STAINED, SOMEWHAT BROKEN QUARTZ. MINE WORKINGS IN LOCAL DRAINAGES IN THIS AREA ARE SUNK TO BED ROCK OR CLAY LENSES TESTING FOR PLACER GOLD.
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-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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