NBMG Sample Site 2836

Occurrence in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Zinc, Arsenic, Antimony
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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  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 10047461
MRDS ID M242811
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 2836
Related records 10125511

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.42681, 40.53489 (WGS84)
Elevation 1350

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Poker Brown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eugene Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(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 032E 19 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 0.4 MILE WEST OF MAIN POKER BROWN AREA. . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result NBMG SAMPLE 2836 CONTAINS 10 % FE, 0.7 % MG, 15 % CA, 0.05 % TI, 1500 PPM MN, 300 PPM AG, +10000 PPM AS, 500 PPM B, 100 PPM BA, 15 PPM BI, +500 PPM CD, 500 PPM CU, 70 PPM MO, 10 PPM NI, +20000 PPM PB, 5000 PPM SB, 15 PPM SN, 100 PPM SR, 20 PPM V, 20 PPM Y, +10000 PPM ZN, AND 0.8 PPM AU (BY AA ANALYSIS).

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate
    Rock unit name Auld Lang Syne Group
    Rock description Auld Lang Syne Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.42681, 40.53489

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shears In Area

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike E-W
    Dip 70N
    Thickness 2.44M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name San Jacinto District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT, PROSPECT PITS

Comments on development

  • SOME RECENT STAKING IN VICINITY OF POKER BROWN MINE TO THE EAST.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 13 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    EARL, PHILLIP I., 30 NOV 86, `POKER' BROWN: IN PURSUIT OF ORE AND CARD GAMES: RENO GAZETTE JOURNAL.

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, W. O., 1936, USBM IC 6902, P. 35.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 6-8 FT VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1987 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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