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NBMG Sample Site 260

Occurrence in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045664
MRDS ID M233453
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 260

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.56087, 40.38742 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mizpah Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Currie(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elko(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Spring-Steptoe Valleys(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 Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 029N 066E 18 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.56087, 40.38742
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N30W
    Dip 0

Comments on the geologic information

  • N30 W HORIZONTAL SYSTEM IN QUARTZ. FEOX + CUOX ON FRACTURE SURFACES. COPPER SULFIDE PRESENT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Dolly Varden District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • CUTS & PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J. V., 1980, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS, 8/11/80

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHEAR ZONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-81 Bentz, J.L. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-JUL-89 La Pointe, D. D. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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