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NBMG Sample Site 3829

Occurrence in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Molybdenum, Silver, Gold
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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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  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 10047635
MRDS ID M243048
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 3829

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.2004, 39.21769 (WGS84)
Elevation 1658

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 016N 034E 30 SW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 0.7 MILE NW OF GRAND CENTRAL MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Strong Argillization.

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 3829 FROM VEIN CONTAINS 0.1% FE, 0.02% MG, 1.5% CA, 0.005% TI, 20 PPM AG, 0.50 PPM AU (BY AA ANALYSIS) 70 PPM BA, 3 PPM BE, 100 PPM MO, 20 PPM PB.

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 Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.2004, 39.21769
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E-W
    Dip 10 NW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fairview District

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL PROSPECT PIT, ABOUT 6-8 FT

Comments on development

  • DATES FROM EARLY 1900'S? EXPLORATION PERIOD. NO ACTIVITY IN 1986.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, AND TINGLEY, J.V., 11 SEP 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 83, 1974.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VUGGY QUARTZ VEIN WITH GREY SULFIDES IN MATRIX OF A BRECCIA.

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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