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NBMG Sample Site 3877

Prospect in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Tin
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047598
MRDS ID M243008
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 3877
Alternate or previous names Berg Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.12929, 39.32408 (WGS84)
Elevation 1390

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Drumm Summit(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fallon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 017N 034E 23 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • WEST SIDE OF CHALK MOUNTAIN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Tin Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 3877 FROM DUMP MATERIAL CONTAINS +20% FE, 5% MG, 1.5% CA, 0.003% TI, 1500 PPM MN, 3 PPM AG, 100 PPM B, 100 PPM CO, 7000 PPM CU, 30 PPM MO, 7 PPM NI, 50 PPM PB, 700 PPM SN, 15 PPM V, 50 PPM W, 10 PPM Y, 700 PPM ZN.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.12929, 39.32408
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Chalk Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Clyde Berg And Earth Energy, Inc.
    First year 1986

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT

Comments on development

  • BERG CLAIMS STAKED FROM 1964 TO 1974 AND HAVE BEEN MAINTAINED TO PRESENT (1986)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 22 SEP 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    USDI, BLM, 1986, MINING CLAIM RECORDS AND FILES.

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 83, 1974, PL 1.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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