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NBMG Sample Location 1748

Occurrence in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Iron
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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 10046502
MRDS ID M241671
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Location 1748
Related records 10222071

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.77501, 37.46414 (WGS84)
Elevation 1881

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Delamar(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Clover Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dry Lake Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005S 064E 36 SW OF SW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Sericitization, Advanced Argillic.

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 7748 CONTAINS 1% FE, 300 PPM MN, 5 PPM AG, 200 PPM BA, 150 PPM BA, 150 PPM PB, 300 PPM SR, 50 PPM ZR.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.77501, 37.46414
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults, Joints

Ore body information

  • General form ROUGHLY TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone/Igneous Contact

Comments on the geologic information

  • INTRUSIVE ROCK ON DUMP IS BLEACHED, LEACHED, OR SHOWS SILICK OR ADVANCED ARGILLIC ALTERATION. IT CONTAINS ABUNDANT CLOTS FE AND GHOSTS AFTER PYRITE. INTRUSIVE FORMS KNOBBY WHITE OUTCROPS IN MINE AREA

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Delamar District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHAFTS IN AREA ALONG DIKE. SAMPLED SHAFT IS ABOUT 20 FT DEEP.

Comments on development

  • NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1983

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BENTZ, J. AND SMITH, P., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT OF SEPT. 30,1983

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHAFT IS SUNK IN FAULT ZONE WHICH CUTS INTRUSIVE BUT IN GENERAL FOLLOWS THE DIKE'S ORIENTATION. DIKE IS EMPLACED ALONG FAULT ZONE AS EVIDENCED BY JOINTING AND FRACTURING OF INTRUSIVE ALONG CONTACT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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