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NBMG Sample Site 1256

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Barium-Barite, Vanadium, Tungsten
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10047232
MRDS ID M242500
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 1256
Alternate or previous names Aztec Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.98982, 37.68661 (WGS84)
Elevation 1844

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Piper Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(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 003S 036E 16 PROJECTED FROM SW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED AREA. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Barium-Barite Critical Secondary
Vanadium Critical Secondary
Tungsten Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Iron Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 1256 CONTAINS 5% FE, 0.5% MG, 2% CA, 0.3% TI, 300 PPM MN, 1 PPM AG, 1000 PPM BA, 1 PPM BE, 7 PPM CO, 50 PPM CR, 300 PPM CU, 30 PPM LA, 30 PPM MO, 70 PPM NI, 70 PPM PB, 7 PPM SC, 300 PPM SR, 500 PPM V, 50 PPM W, 20 PPM Y, 70 PPM ZR.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.98982, 37.68661
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR PODS, LENSES
    Strike N 30 E
    Dip SW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contorted Bedding; Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Dyer District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • MINOR PROSPECT, CUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NBMG OFR 83-12, 1983.

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J.V., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION ON 8/16/82.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IRREGULAR PODS AND LENSES OF WHITE QUARTZ, ALONG BEDDING IN ARGILLITE-SLATE, CONTORTED BEDDING. WHITE QUARTZ VEINLETS LACE SLATY WALLROCK; SOME VEIN PODS ARE HALF QUARTZ, HALF CALCITE, WITH MINOR FE OXIDE STAIN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-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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