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NBMG Sample Site

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046895
MRDS ID M242121
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.32344, 37.88826 (WGS84)
Elevation 2682

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Montgomery(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Benton Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Crowley Lake(hydrologic unit)

Mono-Owens Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Inyo National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001S 033E 05 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • WEST OF QUEEN MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.32344, 37.88826
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shearing

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Buena Vista District; Oneota, Basalt, Mount Montgomery Districts

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT WITH NEW SETS AT PORTAL

Comments on development

  • IN ACTIVE AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN AUGUST 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J.V., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION OF 8/13/82

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN MATERIAL SHEARED, IRON-OXIDE STAINED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1982 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.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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