NBMG Sample Site 2882

Occurrence in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Tungsten
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047489
MRDS ID M242847
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 2882
Related records 10281378

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.09627, 39.89045 (WGS84)
Elevation 1554

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Telephone Well(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(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 Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 023N 026E 06 SE OF SE OF NE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NW PART OF FIREBALL RIDGE. . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Epidote Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2882 FROM SHAFT DUMP CONTAINS 3 % FE, 2 % MG, 5 % CA, 0.5 % TI, 500 PPM MN, 20 PPM B, 500 PPM BA, 1 PPM BE, 7 PPM CO, 300 PPM CR, 7 PPM CU, 100 PPM LA, 70 PPM NI, 15 PPM PB, 20 PPM SC, 300 PPM SR, 70 PPM V, 20 PPM Y, 70 PPM ZR, AND 0.12 PPM HG (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 Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Minor Shear

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Minor Shear

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Truckee District; Fireball Ridge

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • 30-FT EXPLORATION SHAFT.

Comments on development

  • OLD WORKING; NO ACTIVITY WHEN EXAMINED IN 1985.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 26 FEB 85, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R. AND SPEED, R. C., 1974, NBMG BULL 83, P. 85-86, PL. I.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SAMPLE WAS SELECTED FROM A DUMP IN FRONT OF A SHALLOW EXPLORATION SHAFT IN CHLORITIZED METASEDIMENTS WITH MINOR EPIDOTE. THE 30-FT SHAFT IS ON A MINOR SHEAR WHICH SHOWS VERY LITTLE ALTERATION OR MINERALIZATION, BUT MAY HAVE BEEN FOR TUNGSTEN(?)- IT IS NEAR A CONTACT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-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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