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NBMG Sample Site 1121

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047104
MRDS ID M242354
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 1121

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.49731, 37.56328 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Montezuma Peak SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin 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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004S 040E 25 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • LESS THAN A MILE WEST OF THE RAILROAD PASS. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Palmetto
    Rock description Palmetto

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.49731, 37.56328
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N15W
    Dip 75 SW
    Width 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Of Limestone And Quartz Monzonite Porphyry

Comments on the geologic information

  • MONZONITE-LIMESTONE CONTACT WITH APLITE DIKES INTRUDING THE QUARTZ MONZONITE WITH SOME QUARTZ VEINS. LIMESTONE IS STRIKING N15W AND DIPPING 75 DEGREES SW. VEINS ARE 18-24 INCHES WIDE AND BRECCIATED ABOUT HALF OF TOTAL THICKNESS. MINERALIZATION IS CU, PB, AG DISPERSED ACROSS THE WHOLE VEIN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Railroad Pass District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL ADITS AND SHAFTS; FAIRLY SHALLOW BUT INACCESSIBLE

Comments on development

  • GOOD-FAIR RD., SEVERAL ADITS AND SHAFTS ---- FAIRLY SHALLOW BUT INACCESSIBLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, J. (1982) FIELD EXAMINATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1982 Mohsen, Ahmed F. (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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