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NBMG Sample Site 2356

Occurrence in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, 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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  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 10047416
MRDS ID M242717
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 2356

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.89764, 40.56267 (WGS84)
Elevation 2149

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Inskip Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(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 036E 14 CENTER OF N2 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON RIDGE SOUTH OF WADLEY MINE . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Iron Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2356 OF SELECT QUARTZ VEIN MATTER FROM SMALL DUMPS CONTAINS 7% FE, 0.7% MG, 3% CA, 0.15% TI, 1000 PPM MN, 3 PPM AG, 50 PPM B, 300 PPM BA, 1 PPM BE, 50 PPM CR, 100 PPM CU, 30 PPM NI, 100 PPM PB, 7 PPM SC, 150 PPM V, 15 PPM Y, 500 PPM ZN, 100 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 Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
    Rock unit name Valmy
    Rock description Valmy
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Willow Creek District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHORT ADITS, (PORTALS CAVED), SMALL DUMPS, RECENT WORK ON PART OF ROAD

Comments on development

  • NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1984, ALTHOUGH RO-MAC IS PLACERING IN THE CANYON BELOW WADLEY MINE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., 8 OCT 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG OFR 85-3, 1985.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, NBMG BULL 89, PL.1.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A FEW SPOTTY OCCURRENCES OF VEIN QUARTZ ON DUMP. WALLROCK IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO VEIN MATTER IS BLEACHED; IRON-STAINED ROCK IS MORE EXTENSIVE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1986 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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