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NBMG Sample Site 2313

Occurrence in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047264
MRDS ID M242539
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 2313

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.28678, 40.78184 (WGS84)
Elevation 1786

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brooks Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle 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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 034N 042E 31 SW OF NE OF NE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON EAST SIDE OF BUFFALO MOUNTAIN . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2313, A GRAB SAMPLE FROM GOSSAN AND QUARTZ VEIN MATTER FROM A SHALLOW PIT A FEW METERS WEST OF THE SHAFT CONTAINS 20% FE, 0.7% MG, 1% CA, 0.1% TI, 200 PPM MN, 10 PPM AG, 1000 PPM AS, 100 PPM B, 500 PPM BA, 15 PPM BI, 50 PPM CO, 150 PPM CR, 200 PPM CU, 10 PPM MO, 70 PPM NI, 100 PPM PB, 5 PPM SC, 200 PPM SR, 500 PPM V, 10 PPM Y, 20 PPM ZR. AA ANALYSIS SHOWS 1.2 PPM AU, ALSO.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    Rock unit name Pumpernickel
    Rock description Pumpernickel

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N30-40W
    Dip STEEP
    Width 25M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • High-Angle Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Buffalo Mountain Mining Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW SHAFT, 2 SHORT ADITS, SEVERAL SMALL PITS; DRILL HOLES, DRILL ROADS

Comments on development

  • RECENT EXPLORATION ACTIVITY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., 1984, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION, 25 JUL 84.

  • Deposit

    MARSH, S.P. AND ERICKSON, R.L., 1977, USGS GQ-1366.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OCHEROUS GOSSAN AND SPOTTY VEIN QUARTZ OCCUR ALONG ONE OR MORE N 30-40 W, HIGH-ANGLE FAULTS IN LIGHT GRAY CHERT. RARE PYRITE REMNANTS WERE NOTED. THE ZONE OF FAULTS IS LESS THAN 25 M WIDE; MINERALIZED FAULTS ARE DEFINED BY PITS AND ADITS. SOME CRUSTIFORM QUARTZ-GOSSAN (ORIGINALLY SULFIDE) BANDING WAS NOTED IN ONE PIT. MARSH AND ERICKSON SHOW A NW-TRENDING FAULT HERE. A DIKE OF QUARTZ MONZONITE IS SHOWN NEARBY TO THE WEST. SIMILAR OXIDE COPPER AND GOSSAN PROSPECTS ARE EXPOSED IN TRENCHES IN S/2 SEC 29, T 34 N, R 42 E DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE INTRUSIVE MASS OF QUARTZ MONZONITE. CONSIDERING THE MINOR NATURE OF THE PROSPECTS, THERE HAS BEEN A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF BULLDOZER TRENCHING IN AN AREA, OF 6-7 KM 2. BULLDOZER ROADS IN E2, SEC 30, T 34 N, R 42 E, ARE NOT SHOWN ON THE REVISED (1981) TOPO SHEET, AND ARE CERTAINLY LESS THAN 5 YEARS OLD. THE ROADS ARE FOR DRILL PADS FOR ROTARY DRILL HOLES, PRESUMABLY FOR PRECIOUS METALS. THIS ACTIVITY MAY BE RELATED TO CLAIM STAKING OF THE
Deposit BUFFALO CLAIMS WITH PVC PIPE.

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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