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NBMG Sample Site 2804

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047449
MRDS ID M242755
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 2804
Alternate or previous names NBMG Samplesite 2802
Related records 10197954

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.6246, 40.74072 (WGS84)
Elevation 1580

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Scossa(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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 033N 030N 08 CENTER OF E2 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 2 MILES WNW OF MAIN SCOSSA MINE AREA. ACCESSIBLE BY POOR ROAD. . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2804 FROM DUMPS AND FROM VEIN CONTAINS 10% FE, 0.3% MG, 0.2% CA, 0.1% TI, 20 PPM MN, 500 PPM AG, 1000 PPM AS, 0.2 PPM AU (BY AA ANALYSIS)
Result 100 PPM B, 1000 PPM BA, 2 PPM BE, 70 PPM CR, 100 PPM CU, 10 PPM MO, 10 PPM NI, 200 PPM SB, 7 PPM SC, 700 PPM SR, 200 PPM V, 10 PPM Y, 70 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 Auld Lang Syne Group
    Rock description Auld Lang Syne Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.6246, 40.74072
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 10 W
    Dip 80 W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Breccia Zone; Fault-Controlled

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Scossa District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mark Steen -Name On Local Claim Notice
    First year 1983

Comments on the workings information

  • OLD SHAFTS AND WORKINGS HAVE BEEN DISRUPTED BY CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS AND DRILLING SITES WITHIN THE PAST 6 MONTHS (1984). OLD SHAFTS PARTIALLY TIMBERED AND IN POOR REPAIR

Comments on development

  • DRILLING WITHIN LAST 6 MONTHS (1984)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 3 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN IN QUARTZ BRECCIA AND PHYLLITE; THE SHAFTS ARE OLD, PARTIALLY TIMBERED AND IN POOR REPAIR. VEIN HAS A GOSSAN-LIKE ALTERATION IN PLACES AND APPEARS TO BE FAULT-CONTROLLED.

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

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