Berg Claims

Prospect in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Zinc, Silver, Lead, Molybdenum, Iron, Calcium, Titanium, Metal, Manganese, Boron-Borates, Beryllium, Bismuth, Cadmium, Copper, Niobium (Columbium), Vanadium, 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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047602
MRDS ID M243012
Record type Site
Current site name Berg Claims
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 3800, West Side Mines In Part, NBMG Sample Site 3873.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.12846, 39.33047 (WGS84)
Elevation 1387

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 OF NW Nevada

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Calcium Tertiary
Titanium, Metal Critical Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Boron-Borates Tertiary
Beryllium Critical Tertiary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary
Cadmium Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hemimorphite Ore
Epidote Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 3800 OF GOSSAN-LIKE MATERIAL WITH STRONG IRON OXIDE, HEMIMORPHITE, CONTAINS 1.5% FE, 3% MG, 5% CA, 0.03% TI, 700 PPM MN, 15 PPM AG, 70 PPM B, 1-5 PPM BE, 10 PPM BI, 100 PPM CD, 50 PPM CU, 150 PPM MO, 1 PPM NB, 3000 PPM PB, 30 PPM V, 50 PPM W, + 10000 PPM ZN.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 72
USGS model code 19a
Deposit model name Polymetallic replacement
Mark3 model number 47

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.12846, 39.33047

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
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

  • SHAFTS, ADITS, AND PROSPECT; FAIRLY SHALLOW AND MOSTLY CAVED

Comments on development

  • CLAIMS LOCATED AT VARIOUS TIMES FROM 1964 TO 1974, AU ASSESSMENT WORK CURRENT, AS OF 1986.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    USDI, BLM, 1986, MINING CLAIM FILES AND RECORDS

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 83, 1974, PL. I.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WORKINGS ARE ALONG IRREGULAR GOSSAN-LIKE HIGHLY IRON-STAINED FISSURES IN LIMESTONE. THE VEINS ARE COMMONLY POROUS AND HIGHLY OXIDIZED WITH LITTLE VISIBLE MINERALIZATION. THE LIMESTONE ZONE FORMS AN E-W TREND BISECTING CHALK MOUNTAIN, AND EXCEPT FOR A MINOR FELSITE CONTACT ON THE WEST END, IT IS IN CONTINUOUS CONTACT WITH TRIASSIC DOLOMITE OVER ITS ENTIRE EXPOSED MARGIN. SOME OF THE EXPOSED VEINS ARE ALONG THE MARGIN OF THE CONTACT ZONE.

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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