NBMG Sample Site 2424

Occurrence in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Arsenic
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. 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 10047430
MRDS ID M242731
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 2424
Alternate or previous names Part of Mary Claims?
Related records 10198391

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.49321, 40.91599 (WGS84)
Elevation 1426

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)

Lower 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 035N 031E 10 CENTER OF S2 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 2 MILES N OF THE JUNGO ROAD . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Iron Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2424 OF VUGGY, FE-STAINED QUARTZ BRECCIA CONTAINS 2% FE, 0.02% MG, 0.05 CA, 0.002% TI, 15 PPM MN, 1 PPM AG, 2000 PPM AS, 15 PPM B, 10 PPM CR, 100 PPM CU, 10 PPM NI, 20 PPM PB, 700 PPM ZN.

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 Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.49321, 40.91599

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Jungo Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL ADIT TRENDS SOUTH, ABOUT 20-30 FT LONG. SHALLOW SHAFTS WESTOF ADIT, ABOUT 5-8 FT DEEP. SHALLOW SHORT TRENCH WEST OF SHAFT

Comments on development

  • NO ACTIVITY IN 1984

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JONES, R.B., 19 AUG 84, 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 WORKINGS DRIVEN ON A WHITE, DRUSY, SOMEWHAT VUGGY BRECCIATED QUARTZ VEIN, DISCONTINUOUS, WHICH CUTS CARBONATE ROCKS. BOTH LIMESTONE AND QUARTZ ARE FE-STAINED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-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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