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NBMG Sample Location 786

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Iron, Lead, Molybdenum
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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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046456
MRDS ID M241621
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Location 786
Alternate or previous names Empty Wash Prospect
Related records 10174056

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.32055, 37.61664 (WGS84)
Elevation 1814

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Islen(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Meadow Valley Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004S 068E 12 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Iron Secondary
Lead Secondary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Magnetite Ore
Malachite Ore
Psilomelane Ore
Specularite Ore
Clay Gangue
Epidote Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillization; Silicification, Bleaching; Chloritization, Epidotization

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 786 CONTAINS 10% FE, 500 PPM MN, 200 PPM AG, 700 PPM BA, 1000 PPM BI, GREATER THAN 20000 PPM CU, GREATER THAN 2000 PPM MO, GREATER THAN 20000 PPM PB, 500 PPM SR, 1000 PPM V, 10000 PPM ZN.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.32055, 37.61664
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fractures

Ore body information

  • Strike N55-60E
    Dip 65 SE
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture/Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • SOME PINK RHYOLITE FOUND AS FLOAT NEAR WORKINGS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Little Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHAFTS AND CONNECTING SHALLOW STOPES. ONE SHAFT IS SHALLOW AND CAVED, OTHER SHAFT IS ABOUT 15-20 FT DEEP AND INCLINED TO THE SE

Comments on development

  • NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1983, BUT AREA IS CURRENTLY STAKED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BENTZ, J. AND SMITH, P., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT, AUG. 19, 1983.

  • Deposit

    TSCHANZ, C.M. AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, NBMG BULL. 73.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WORKINGS ARE LOCATED ON A SHEAR ZONE IN A CONTINUOUS LINE EXTENDING FOR ABOUT 100 FT ALONG STRIKE. ROCKS IN THE ZONE ARE NOTABLY FRACTURED AND IN PLACES COMPLETELY ALTERED TO CLAYS (ARGILLIZED). EPIDOTE AND CU AND FE OXIDES ARE ABUNDANT IN THE ZONE AS COATINGS ON FRACTURE SURFACES. IRREGULAR LENSES OF HIGHLY FE-STAINED, DENSE, SILICIFIED MATERIAL WITHIN THE ZONE IS COMPOSED OF PODS OF MAGNETITE, PSILOMELANE, SPECULARITE, AND ABUNDANT CU MINERALS, MAINLY MALACHITE AND CHRYSOCOLLA WITH MINOR AZURITE. A SAMPLE OF THIS TYPE OF MINERALIZED ROCK WAS COLLECTED FROM THE DUMP. YELLOW AND GREEN OXIDES CHARACTERIZE THIS ZONE AND MAY BE AMIXTURE OF CU MINERALS, FE PO4, EPIDOTE, OR OTHER ALTERATION PRODUCTS. ADJACENT TO THE FRACTURED, MINERALIZED ZONE, THE INTRUSIVE IS BLEACHED, SLIGHTLY SILICIFIED, AND EPIDOTIZED OR CHLORITIZED ALONG FRACTURES. SOME OF THE INTRUSIVE DISPLAYS CROSS-CUTTING FE AND MAGNETITE VEINLETS LESS THAN 1 INCH IN WIDTH.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1984 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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