NBMG Sample Site 2942

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047371
MRDS ID M242659
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 2942
Related records 10222632

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.44071, 40.98766 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jungo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eugene Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(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 036N 032E 18 SE OF SW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ACCESSIBLE BY GOOD ROAD NORTH OF JUNGO, FAIR ROAD WEST TO WORKINGS WHICH ARE PERCHED ON TOP OF MOUNTAIN, MOST ACCESSIBLE ONLY BY STEEP FOOT TRAILS-ROAD GOES TO THIS ADIT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2942 FROM VEIN INCLUDED WHITE BULL QUARTZ WITH CLOTS OF GALENA AND OTHER SULFIDES

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.44071, 40.98766

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description N-S Trending Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Jungo Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Edward C. Barr And Leonard Cubbins Of Grandview, Washington, (Staked
    Last year 1983

Comments on the workings information

  • LARGE ADIT; REMAINS OF A TRAM INCLUDING DRUM AND CLUTCH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 8 JUNE 85, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND 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 VEIN IN SHALE CROSS-CUTS BEDDING NEAR ADIT HALFWAY UP SLOPE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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