1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

NBMG Sample Site 2936

Occurrence in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Tungsten, Molybdenum, Zinc
Map
XML
JSON
KML
C
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10047466
MRDS ID M242820
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 2936

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.96239, 40.51239 (WGS84)
Elevation 1625

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dead Horse Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eugene Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Granite Springs Valley(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 027E 33 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ACCESSIBLE BY GOOD TO FAIR ROAD TO THE SPRING SITE BELOW WORKINGS. . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2936 CHIPPED FROM CONTACT ZONE CONTAINS 1.5 % FE, 0.3 % MG, 2 % CA, 0.15 % TI, 500 PPM MN, 1 PPM AG, 50 PPM B, 1000 PPM BA, 5 PPM BE, 20 PPM BI, 10 PPM CR, 150 PPM CU, 20 PPM LA, 100 PPM MO, 5 PPM NI, 20 PPM PB, 700 PPM SR, 150 PPM V, 700 PPM ZN, AND 150 PPM ZR.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 42
USGS model code 14a
Deposit model name W skarn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.96239, 40.51239
ListMap

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Igneous Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Staggs District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT, DOZER CUTS ALONG CONTACT.

Comments on development

  • OLD WORKINGS; NO ACTIVITY IN 1984

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 6 JUNE 85, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL PROSPECT ON CONTACT ZONE BETWEEN FELSIC DIKES AND QUARTZ VEINS NEAR GRANITE AND OLDER SEDIMENTS. SAMPLE 2936 DID NOT LAMP TUNGSTEN AND DIKE AND VEIN MATERIAL DID NOT EXHIBIT ANY VISIBLE MINERALIZATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-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.

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.