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NBMG Sample Site 2512

Occurrence in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, 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 10047341
MRDS ID M242628
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 2512
Related records 10198250

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.17931, 40.57711 (WGS84)
Elevation 2256
Relative position NORTH PART OF HUMBOLDT RANGE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Star Peak(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 034E 08 NE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • AT HEAD OF WEST FORK OF IMLAY CANYON . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2512, A DUMP GRAB OF RHYOLITE WITH VEIN QUARTZ, TOURMALINE AND RHYOLITE CONTAINS 1% FE, 0.7% MG, 0.5% CA, 100 PPM MN, 1 PPM AG, +2000 PPM B, 500 PPM BA, 10 PPM CR, 10 PPM CU, 20 PPM MO, 7 PPM NI, 150 PPM PB, 200 PPM SB, 30 PPM V, 300 PPM ZN, 70 PPM ZR.

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 Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Koipato Group
    Rock description Koipato Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.17931, 40.57711
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike WNW
    Dip 90 +/-
    Thickness 2M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Imlay District; Humboldt District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • PITS, ONE CAVED ADIT

Comments on development

  • OLD PROSPECTS WITH NO ACTIVITY FOR MANY YEARS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H.F., 1984, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION ON 3 AUG 84, AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    USGS MAP GQ-666, 1967

  • Deposit

    NBMG OFR 85-3, 1985

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN IN RHYOLITE. PREDOMINANTLY BULL QUARTZ. SEVERAL SIMILAR VEINS OCCUR IN CANYON AND FORM PROMINENT WHITE OUTCROPS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-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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