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NBMG Sample Sites 2841 and 2842

Occurrence in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  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 10047256
MRDS ID M242529
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Sites 2841 and 2842
Related records 10222368

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.41987, 40.57906 (WGS84)
Elevation 1509

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Poker Brown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eugene Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 031N 032E 05,06 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM IS GIVEN FOR SAMPLE SITE 2841. UTM FOR SAMPLE SITE 2842 IS N 4492910 E381090. SITES ACCESSIBLE BY POOR ROAD NORTH OF POKER BROWN . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Limonite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2841 CONTAINS 2% FE, 0.2% MG, 0.1% CA, 0.03% TI, 200 PPM MN,2 PPM AG, 300 PPM AS, +2000 PPM B, 300 PPM BA, 1 PPM BE, 100 PPM BI, 5 PPM CU, 5 PPM MO, 7 PPM NI, 150 PPM PB, 100 PPM SR, 30 PPM V. SAMPLE 2842 CONTAINS 0.5% FE, 0.1% MG, 0.05% CA, .007% TI, 10 PPM MN, 50 PPM AG, 1500 PPM B, 100 PPM BA, 500 PPM BI, 20 PPM CU, 7 PPM NI, 200 PPM PB, 30 PPM V, 200 PPM ZN.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.41987, 40.57906
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N20E
    Dip 75E
    Thickness 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Antelope District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHALLOW SHAFTS AND 4-5 MINOR PROSPECT PITS

Comments on development

  • INACTIVE IN 1984

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION, 9-14-84.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, NBMG BULL 89, PL. I.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEINS. SAMPLE 2841 IS A BRECCIATED IRON-STAINED QUARTZ WITH POSSIBLE SULFIDES. SAMPLE 2842 IS FROM THE DUMPS NEAR THE SHAFT AND CONSISTS OF QUARTZ WITH POSSIBLE PB-AG MINERALIZATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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