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NBMG Sample Site 3879

Occurrence in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Copper, Molybdenum, Zinc, Arsenic, Cadmium
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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. 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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047597
MRDS ID M243007
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 3879

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.11957, 39.3113 (WGS84)
Elevation 1356

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West Gate(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 017N 034E 26 SW OF NE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • AT SOUTH END OF CHALK MOUNTAIN, JUST 0.5 MILE SOUTH OF CHALK MOUNTAIN SILVER-LEAD MINE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Molybdenum Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Cadmium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 3879 OF VEIN AND GOSSAN MATERIAL CONTAINS 15% FE, 3% MG, 3% CA, 0.07% TI, 700 PPM MN, 20 PPM AG, 1500 PPM AS, 30 PPM BE, 500 PPM CD, 20 PPM CR, 150 PPM CU, 500 PPM MO, 20000 PPM PB, 500 PPM V, 3000 PPM ZN, 20 PPM ZR.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.11957, 39.3113
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Igneous Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Chalk Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 23 SEP 86 NBMG, FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 83, 1974, PL. 1.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SILICIFIED VEIN AND GOSSAN MATERIAL IN A CONTACT ZONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-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.

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