| Deposit ID | 10042626 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M060480 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Green Gold Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | NBMG Sample Site 2546 |
| Related records | 10270927 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.0054, 40.0524 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1463 |
| Relative position | IN NEW YORK CANYON |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pershing(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Cornish Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Lovelock(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Pershing |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 025N | 035E | 11 | Nevada |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Sericite | Gangue |
| Sphalerite | Unknown |
| Result | SAMPLE 2546, DUMP GRAB, CONTAINS 0.3 % FE, 0.07 % MG, 0.02 % TI, 10 PPM MN, 2 PPM AG, 700 PPM AS, 20 PPM B, 50 PPM BA, 15 PPM CR, 20 PPM CU, 10 PPM NI, 70 PPM PB, 10 PPM V, AND 40 PPM AU, BY AA ANALYSIS. |
|---|
| Model code | 85 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 22c |
| Deposit model name | Polymetallic veins |
| Mark3 model number | 46 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite |
| (1) | -118.0054, 40.0524 |
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| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1935 |
| Year of first production | 1948 |
| Year of last production | 1960 |
| District name | Table Mountain District |
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| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M060480 |
JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULLETIN 89.
WALLACE ET AL., 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF BUFFALO MTN. QUAD, PERSHING AND CHURCHILL COUNTIES, NEVADA; USGS MAP GQ-821.
BONHAM, H.F., JR., 12 SEP 84,BMG FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.
JOHNSON, M.G., 1977
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | 0.3 M WIDE QUARTZ VEIN PARALLEL TO BEDDING IN PHYLLITE AND HORNFELS WHICH STRIKES N70E, DIP 30NW (FROM CONTACT OF HORNFELS AND GRANITE). GRANITE IS CUT BY APLITE AND DIABASE DIKES. VEIN REPORTEDLY CONTAINS SPHALERITE, ALTHOUGH NONE WAS SEEN IN THE SAMPLE COLLECTED. ACCORDING TO STEVE LUDDINGTON OF USGS, THE VEIN CONTAINS SPARSE YELLOW SCHEELITE. |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1930'S OR BEFORE |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1973 | Johnson, Maureen G. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-FEB-1987 | La Pointe, D.D. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-SEP-1994 | Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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