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NBMG Sample Site 2834

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Antimony, Gold, Arsenic, 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042494
MRDS ID M060303
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 2834
Alternate or previous names Unnamed Prospect
Related records 10150291

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.39237, 40.39211 (WGS84)
Elevation 1426
Relative position 5 1/2 MILES NW OF OREANA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oreana NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 29N 32E 09 NE OF SW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ACCESSIBLE WITH DIFFICULTY ON POOR WASHED OUT ROAD

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Antimony Critical Primary
Gold Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Analytical data

Result CHIPS-36.9 OZ. AG, TRACE AU, 19.3% PB, 3.07% SB. NBMG SAMPLE 2834 OF QUARTZ VEIN MATERIAL CONTAINED 10 % FE, 0.2 % MG, 0.5 % CA, 0.07 % TI, 70 PPM MN, 200 PPM AG-, 10000 PPM AS, 100 PPM B, 1000 PPM BA, 2 PPM BE, 20 PPM CR, 1-000 PPM CU, 15 PPM MO, 20 PPM NI, +20000 PPM PB, 7000 PPM SB, -5 PPM SC, 30 PPM SN, 500 PPM SR, 300 PPM V, 30 PPM Y, 300 PPM -ZN, 50 PPM ZR.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.39237, 40.39211
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike S60E
    Dip 70SW

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZ VEIN, CONTAINING ARGENTIFEROUS BINDHEIMITE, EMPLACED ALONG CONTACT BETWEEN SLATE AND GRANODIORITE SILL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Arabia District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION OF 50 SACKS OF AG-PB-SB ORE

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT AND ADIT AND PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89, P. 54-55

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY-NORTHERN NEVADA & NORTHWESTERN UTAH, SUMMARY OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF 1955-1961, V.1; SAN FRANCISCO, SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., P. 26

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION, 9-12-84

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN, 6 FT WIDE AT THE SURFACE, CONTAINS ARGENTIFEROUS HINDHEIMITE. VEIN WAS EMPLACED ALONG CONTACT BETWEEN SLATE AND GRANODIORITE SILL. PARTIALLY BRECCIATED QUARTZ
Deposit PRODUCED 50 SACKS OF AG-PB-SB ORE FROM AN INCLINED SHAFT AND AN ADIT ALONG A QUARTZ VEIN. 16 FT. WIDE AT THE SURFACE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1979 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-JUL-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-OCT-1980 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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