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NBMG Sample Sites 1278, 1279

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Molybdenum, Silver, Gold, Iron, Manganese
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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. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047191
MRDS ID M242451
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Sites 1278, 1279
Alternate or previous names G Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.68315, 38.16049 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gilbert(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring 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 004N 038E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM IS TO SAMPLE SITE 1278. UTM OF SAMPLE SITE 1279 IS N 4223500; E 440279 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary
Iron Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silication

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Skarn (Tactite)
    Rock unit name Palmetto
    Rock description Palmetto
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.68315, 38.16049
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Of Dikes With Sediments

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Anaconda Minerals Co. (Division Of Atlantic Richfield)
    Home office Reno, Nv
    First year 1982

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS, PROSPECTS, TRENCHES. SAMPLE 1278 IS FROM NORTHERNMOST ADIT; SAMPLE 1279 IS FROM ABOUT 100 YARDS SOUTH

Comments on development

  • RECENTLY DRILLED, SAMPLED, MAPPED, TRENCHED, BY ANACONDA (1982)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, P. AND BENTZ, J., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION 9-22-82

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HEAVILY FE-MN-STAINED GOSSAN WITH QUARTZ VEINS BEARING PODS OF MOLY. STOCKWORKS WITH SOME BRECCIA

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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