NBMG Sample Site 2840

Occurrence in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold, Antimony, Arsenic, Zinc
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047258
MRDS ID M242532
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 2840

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.41237, 40.52545 (WGS84)
Elevation 1375

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 031N 032E 29 NW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ACCESSIBLE VIA FAIR ROAD SOUTH OF POKER BROWN . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Auld Lang Syne Groupsample 2840 From Shaft Dump Contains 5% Fe, 0.7% Mg, 5% Ca, 0.3% Ti, 1000 Ppm Mn, 1.5 Ppm Ag, 1500 Ppm As, 500 Ppm B, 500 Ppm Ba, 1 Ppm Be, 150 Ppm Cd, 15 Ppm Co, 50 Ppm Cr, 70 Ppm Cu, 15 Ppm Ni, 5000 Ppm Pb
    Rock description Auld Lang Syne Groupsample 2840 From Shaft Dump Contains 5% Fe, 0.7% Mg, 5% Ca, 0.3% Ti, 1000 Ppm Mn, 1.5 Ppm Ag, 1500 Ppm As, 500 Ppm B, 500 Ppm Ba, 1 Ppm Be, 150 Ppm Cd, 15 Ppm Co, 50 Ppm Cr, 70 Ppm Cu, 15 Ppm Ni, 5000 Ppm Pb
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.41237, 40.52545

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Arabia District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW SHAFT, PROSPECT PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION, 9-13-84.

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOSSAN-LIKE 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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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