NBMG Sample Site 3874

Prospect in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Tungsten, Copper, Molybdenum, Zinc
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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047601
MRDS ID M243011
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 3874
Alternate or previous names Berg Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.1254, 39.3288 (WGS84)
Elevation 1457

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 NW Nevada

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Molybdenum Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 3874 OF GOSSAN AND SILICIFIED MATERIAL FROM DUMPS CONTAINS 20% FE, 1.5% MG, 3% CA, 0.07% TI, 100 PPM MN, 100 PPM AG, 1000 PPM AS, 15 PPM B, 10 PPM BI, 15 PPM CR, 700 PPM CU, 300 PPM MO, + 20,000 PPM PB, 200 PPM SB, 30 PPM SN, 200 PPM SR, 30 PPM V, 200 PPM W, 1500 PPM ZN, 20 PPM ZR.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.1254, 39.3288

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Of Dolomite And Granite

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 83, 1974, PL. 1.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOSSAN AND SILICIFIED MATERIAL WITH SULFIDES AND OXIDES NEAR CONTACT BETWEEN DOLOMITE AND GRANITE.

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.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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