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NBMG Sample Site 1773

Occurrence in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodity 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047168
MRDS ID M242421
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 1773

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.69781, 38.00884 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.25 MILE E OF THE BLUE BELL PROSPECT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Badger Gulch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Quinn Canyon Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sand Spring-Tikaboo Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe 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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002N 056E 29 NW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Intermediate silicic ash flow tuff
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Quinn Canyon District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • OUTCROP IN MIDDLE OF ROAD

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT, 5/30/84.

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, K.G., 1979, NBMG BULL 93.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A HIGHLY SILICIFIED AND BRECCIATED VEIN STRIKES N20E, CROSSING THE ROAD TO THE BLUE BELL MINE. THE AREA SURROUNDING THE MINE AND ROAD ABOUNDS IN SILICIFIED BRECCIA, THE SAME MATERIAL WHICH FORMS PROMINENT RIDGES LOCALLY. SAMPLE 1773 CONTAINED DETECTABLE GOLD.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1985 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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