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NBMG Sample Site 3832

Occurrence in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodity Silver
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047638
MRDS ID M243051
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 3832
Alternate or previous names May Be On Claims of Ida Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.18152, 39.24991 (WGS84)
Elevation 1597

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016N 034E 17 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • JUST WEST OF MAIN ROAD TO WONDER MILL ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Kaolinization

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 3832, GRAB FROM DUMP, CONTAINS 0.7% FE, 0.05% MG, 0.07% TI, 70 PPM MN, 3 PPM AG, 10 PPM B, 500 PPM BA, 1 PPM BE, 30 PPM CU, 15 PPM MO, 15 PPM PB, 10 PPM V, 30 PPM ZR.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Older gravels
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • E-W Structure

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 Private

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL CROSS-CUTTING ADIT BEARING N 20 E

Comments on development

  • PROSPECTED IN EARLY 1900'S; NO ACTIVITY IN 1986

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 83, 1974, P. 71-74.

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C., 1947, UNPUB. REPORT ON CARSON SINK AREA

  • Deposit

    SHAMBERGER, H.A., 1973, FAIRVIEW; HISTORIC MINING CAMPS OF NEVADA SERIES: NEVADA HISTORICAL PRESS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG MAP FILE 7, 1906, CLAIM MAP, FAIRVIEW DISTRICT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit E-W STRUCTURE WITH QUARTZ VEINING AND STRONG KAOLIN ALTERATION. SAME E-W TREND AS NEVADA HILLS MINE

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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