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NBMG Sample Site 3872

Prospect in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047604
MRDS ID M243014
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 3872
Alternate or previous names Berg Claims?

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.13096, 39.32824 (WGS84)
Elevation 1372

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Drumm Summit(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 22 NE OF NE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON WEST SIDE OF CHALK MOUNTAIN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 3872 OF GOSSAN-LIKE VEIN MATERIAL CONTAINS 15% FE, 5% MG, 0.5% CA, 0.15% TI, 500 PPM MN, 2 PPM AG, 70 PPM B, 15 PPM BI, 5 PPM CO, 30 PPM CR, 30 PPM CR, 300 PPM CU, 30 PPM MO, 10 PPM NI, 150 PPM PB, 10 PPM SC, 20 PPM SN, 20 PPM V, 1500 PPM ZN.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.13096, 39.32824
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Chalk Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Clyde Berg And Earth Energy, Inc.
    First year 1986

Comments on development

  • BERG CLAIMS STAKED AT VARIOUS TIMES FROM 1964 TO 1974, ASSESSMENT WORK CURRENT (1986)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 22 SEP 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    USDI, BLM, 1986, MINING CLAIM RECORDS AND FILES

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 83, 1974, PL. 1.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOSSAN-LIKE VEIN

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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