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NBMG Sample Smte 1267

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Mercury
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047190
MRDS ID M242450
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Smte 1267
Alternate or previous names Sg Claims In Part

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.72732, 38.11299 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Devils Gate(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky Valley(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 003N 038E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Cinnabar Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Palmetto
    Rock description Palmetto
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale > Black Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.72732, 38.11299
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Brecciation

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gilbert District; Desert District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Felmont Oil Corp.
    Home office 1 Houston Ctr, Suite 1109, 1221 Mckinney, Houston, Tx, 77002
    First year 1982

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • VERTICAL 50-FT SHAFT, FEW PERIPHERAL WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • NOT ACTIVE IN 1982, EXCEPT FOR CLAIM-STAKING. PROBABLY NO ACTIVITY FOR 20 YEARS AT WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, P. AND BENTZ, J., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION, 9-21-82

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STRINGERS AND BLOBS OF QUARTZ, ROCKS FRACTURED AND BRECCIATED, HEAVILY HEMATITE-STAINED ON SURFACE AND IN FINE BLOBS, CHALCEDONIC VEINLETS. BARITE CRYSTALS IN BRECCIA, DENDRITIC PYROLUSITE, DRUSY QUARTZ. POSSIBLE MERCURY IN THIN VEINLETS IN S?EDIMENTS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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