NBMG Sample Site 2667

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047420
MRDS ID M242721
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 2667
Alternate or previous names Part of Tallula Mine Workings?

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.95153, 40.74795 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dun Glen(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 033N 036E 08 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • OLD MINING SITE WITH CONSIDERABLE WORKINGS ON BOTH SIDES OF CANYON; MAY BE ACTUAL SITE OF TALLULA MINE . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

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 Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.95153, 40.74795

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N60-65E
    Dip 90
    Thickness 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Granodiorite-Hornfels Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Sierra District; Dun Glen District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • EXTENSIVE DUMPS, LOWER ADIT, SEVERAL CUTS AND CAVED ADITS.

Comments on development

  • EXTENSIVE DUMPS AND WORKING INDICATE SOME PAST PRODUCTION; PROBABLY 1930-1950 ACTIVITY, NO RECENT ACTIVITY EXCEPT FOR ROADWORK.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J.V., 1985, FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MILKY WHITE QUARTZ VEINS UP TO 2 FT THICK CUTTING SHALE AND GRANODIORITE. VEINS SEEM TO WEAKEN IN THE GRANODIORITE. STOPING ON VEIN SEGMENTS IN HORNFELS AT THE GRANODIORITE HORNFELS CONTACT; APPEARS TO BE AN IRREGULAR CONTACT. VEIN CONTAINS SPOTS OF TETRAHEDRITE; GREEN CU OXIDES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-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

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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