NBMG Sample Location 1396

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead
Sections on this page
  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. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046470
MRDS ID M241637
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Location 1396
Related records 10198100

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.58278, 37.95635 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Highland Peak(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 001N 066E 09 S2 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 1396 CONTAINS GREATER THAN 20% FE, 10% CA, 300 PPM MN, 5 PPM AG, 1000 PPM AS, 150 PPM BA, 500 PPM CU, 100 PPM MO, 50 PPM PB, 100 PPM W.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 72
USGS model code 19a
Deposit model name Polymetallic replacement
Mark3 model number 47

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Highland Peak
    Rock description Highland Peak
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults, Fractures; Set Of N65e, Vertical Shears.

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults Along Bedding

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Highland District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • 4-5 VERTICAL AND INCLINED SHAFTS, PARTIALLY CAVED, ALONG WESTERLY TREND; PERIPHERAL SURFACE CUTS, TRENCHES.

Comments on development

  • PROBABLY WORKED/EXPLORED 1860'S-1880'S. ORIGINAL HAND-HEWN TIMBERS IN SHAFT COLLARS. NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1983.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, P. AND BENTZ, J., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION OF AUG, 1983

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SILICEOUS REPLACEMENT BEDDING DEPOSITS UP TO 5 FT THICK FOLLOWING BEDDING PLANE FAULTS. NEAR THE FAULTS, THE LIMESTONE HAS BEEN SILICIFIEAND EROSION EXPOSED SMALL JASPEROID RIBS. THE REPLACEMENT BODIES ARE OXIDIZED TO GOSSAN AND FILLS CAVITIES AND FRACTURES. CUTTING THE GOSSAN ARE BRECCIATED, WHITE, MASSIVE QUARTZ VEINS WITH CALCITE CRYSTALS AND GRAINS CARRYING OXIDIZED SULFIDES (PYRITE AND CHALCOPYRITE, POSSIBLY GALENA AND TETRAHEDRITE?) EXPOSED BEDDING EXHIBITS MUCH FAULTING RESULTING IN THE VARIABLE ATTITUDES OF THE CARBONATE BEDS WITH STRIKES VARYING FROM DUE WEST TO N20W AND DIPS RANGING FROM HORIZONTAL TO 30N. A SET OF VERTICAL, N65E SHEARS WAS EXPOSED IN THE MIDDLE WORKINGS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1984 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.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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