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NBMG Sample Site 3816

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047632
MRDS ID M243044
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 3816
Alternate or previous names Rex #15 Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.19096, 39.15824 (WGS84)
Elevation 1579

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bell Canyon(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

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 015N 034E 18 SE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • JUST WEST OF NEVADA CROWN MINE AREA. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) Strong

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 3816 CONTAINS 0.7% FE, 0.2% MG, 0.5% CA, 0.07% TI, 70 PPM MN, 10 PPM AG, 10 PPM B, 200 PPM BA, 1 PPM BE, 5 PPM CO, 5 PPM CU, 300 PPM MO, 5 PPM NI, 30 PPM PB, 30 PPM V, 30 PPM ZR.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.19096, 39.15824
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 35-45 W
    Dip 50 NE
    Length 152.4M
    Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fairview District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Spectrum Exploration, Le Roi Spriggs
    Home office Hawthorne, NV
    First year 1986

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW PROSPECTS

Comments on development

  • REX CLAIMS FILED AFTER 1982 CLOSURE. AREA RECENTLY SAMPLED BY TENNECO/ECHO BAY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK AND TINGLEY, J.V., 9 SEP 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS

  • Deposit

    USDI-BLM, MINING CLAIM RECORDS AND FILES

  • Deposit

    CHURCHILL COUNTY RECORDER MINING CLAIM RECORDS.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN IN SHEAR 3 FT WIDE, CONSISTING OF HIGHLY ALTERED VOLCANIC BRECCIA TRACEABLE FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED FT ON SURFACE

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

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