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NBMG Sample Site 2243

Occurrence in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Antimony
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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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  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 10047363
MRDS ID M242651
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 2243

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.52072, 41.23794 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position ABOUT 1.8 MILES DUE NORTH OF THE RED BOY MINE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

King Lear Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jackson Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vya(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Quinn(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 039N 031E 20 SE OF SE OF NE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON NORTH SIDE OF SOUTH FORK OF CLOVER CREEK . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Antimony Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Potassic Hydrothermal Alteration.

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2243, GRAB OF DUMP, CONTAINS 1% FE, 0.1% MG, 0.05% CA, 0.2% TI, 500 PPM MN, 200 PPM AG, 500 PPM AS, 0.15 PPM AU (AA ANALYSIS), 200 PPM B, 300 PPM BA, 1 PPM BE, 10 PPM CO, 3000 PPM CU, 1000 PPM PB, 5000 PPM SB, 100 PPM SR, 50 PPM V, 10 PPM Y, 2000 PPM ZN, 100 PPM ZR.

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 Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Happy Creek Volcanic Series
    Rock description Happy Creek Volcanic Series

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.52072, 41.23794
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Jackson Mountains District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT PIT WITH DUMP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION AND SUBSEQUENT SAMPLE ANALYSIS

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG BULL 59, PL. I.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHEAR ZONE IN ANDESITIC VOLCANICS, WITH QUARTZ VEINS. POTASSIC HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-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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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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