NBMG Sample Site 1481

Occurrence in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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 10047523
MRDS ID M242884
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 1481
Alternate or previous names Also Nbmg Sample Site 2595

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.76766, 40.23656 (WGS84)
Elevation 1660

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lowry Well(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(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 027N 029E 06 SE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 0.4 MILE SOUTH OF VELVET GOLD MINE. . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Illite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 1481 OF SILICIFIED TUFF BRECCIA CONTAINS 5 % FE, 0.3 % MG, 0.5 % TI, 200 PPM MN, 5 PPM AG, 200 PPM AS, 50 PPM B, 1500 PPM BA, 1.5 PPM BE, 10 PPM CR, 20 PPM CR, 20 PPM CU, 30 PPM MO, 5 PPM NI, 70 PPM PB, 15 PPM SC, 100 PPM V, 50 PPM W, 30 PPM Y, 300 PPM ZR, AND 0.05 PPM AU, BY AA ANALYSIS. SAMPLE 2595, DUMP GRAB OF SILICIFIED RHYOLITE WITH ILLITE, QUARTZ, AND OXIDIZED SULFIDES CONTAINS 1.9 PPM AU, BY AA ANALYSIS, 2 % FE, 0.07 % MG, 0.15 % TI, 150 PPM MN, 7 PPM AG, 700 PPM AS, 10 PPM B, 500 PPM BA, 2 PPM BE, 7 PPM CU, 20 PPM MO, 50 PPM PB, 150 PPM SB, 7 PPM SC, 30 PPM V, 20 PPM Y, 150 PPM ZR.

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 Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Ash-Flow Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.76766, 40.23656

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N70E
    Dip 75NW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Velvet District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • OLD SHAFT, ADIT IN WASH

Comments on development

  • NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1984.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J.V., 5 JUN 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANLYSIS.

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H.F., JR., MAY 1985, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANLYSIS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G.M 1977, NBMG BULLETIN 89, PL. 1.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHAFT EXPOSES N70E, 75 NW-TRENDING BRECCIA ZONE IN ARGILLIZED ASH-FLOW TUFF, ROCK IN WALLS OF STRUCTURE IS BRECCIATED, CEMENTED WITH SILICA; VUGS IN BRECCIA COATED WITH MICRO-CRYSTALLINE QUARTZ, CLOTS AND MASSES OF AMBER/JAROSITE. ZONE AS EXPOSED AT PORTAL OF ADIT HAS A 2-FT WIDE FRACTURE ZONE WITH ABOUT 6 INCHES OF COCKSCOMB QUARTZ ALONG IT. SAMPLE 1481 IS OF THE SILICIFIED TUFF BRECCIA WITH ANGULAR FRAGMENTS OF ARGILLICALLY ALTERED TUFF CEMENTED BY CHALCEDONIC SILICA.

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

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