NBMG Sample Site 2589, 2590

Occurrence in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Antimony, Lead
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047525
MRDS ID M242886
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 2589, 2590

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.36125, 40.04212 (WGS84)
Elevation 1554
Relative position SOUTH AND OF THE WEST HUMBOLDT RANGE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wildhorse Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Carson Desert(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 025N 032E 14 NW OF NW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 0.5 MILE N. OF THE GREEN MINE. ACCESSIBLE VIA FAIR JEEP TRAIL UP CANYON. . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Antimony Critical Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Jamesonite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Pyritization, Bleaching

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2589 OF OXIDE MATERIAL FROM DUMP CONTAINS 5 % FE, 0.7 % MG, 0.002 % MN, 100 OOM MN, 100 PPM AG, 0.7 % PPM AU, BY AA ANALYSIS, +10000 PPM AS, 70 PPM B, +10000 PPM BI, 100 PPM CD, 10 PPM CO, 15 PPM CR, 70 PPM CU, 70 PPM LA, +20000 PPM PB, +1000 PPM SB, 20 PPM SN, 200 PPM SR. SAMPLE 2590 OF SULFIDE DUMP MATERIAL CONTAINS 15 % FE, 0.5 % CA, 0.002 % TI, 30 PPM MN, 10 PPM AG, +10000 PPM AS, +10000 PPM BI, 15 PPM CO, 15 PPM CR, 70 PPM CU, 200 PPM PB, 2000 PPM SB, 1.3 PPM AU, BY AA ANALYSIS.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.36125, 40.04212

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES, PODS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • E-W To Ne-Trending Fault Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1915

Mining district

District name Wild Horse District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PITS ALONG FAULT; OLD ADIT

Comments on development

  • NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1984.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H.F., 19 JUL 85, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit E-W TO NE-TRENDING FAULT ZONES IN GABBRO. SILICIFIED LENSES ALONG FAULT, UP TO 1M WIDE. GABBRO IS BRECCIATED, SILICIFIED, PYRITIZED AND BLEACHED ALONG FAULT LENSES CONTAIN PYRITE, JAMESONITE, AND ARSENOPYRITE, WITH JAMESONITE LARGELY ALTERED TO BIND HEIMITE. RELICT PODS OF SULFIDE ARE SURROUNDED BY OXIDES. MOST OF THE ORE MINED HERE MUST HAVE BEEN OXIDE.
Deposit Discovery Year: ABOUT WWI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1987 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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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