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NBMG Sample Site 3833

Occurrence in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Barium-Barite
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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 10047639
MRDS ID M243052
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 3833
Alternate or previous names Cedar Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.18818, 39.24658 (WGS84)
Elevation 1618

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 18 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 0.7 MILE NW OF NEVADA HILLS MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Alunite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Strong Hydro Thermal Alteration

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 3833 OF QUARTZ VEIN AND DUMP MATERIAL CONTAINS 0.5% FE, 0.05% MG, 0.07% TI, 30 PPM MN, 70 PPM AG, 1500 PPM BA, 20 PPM BI, 1000 PPM CU, 20 PPM MO, 2000 PPM PB, 10 PPM V, 30 PPM ZR.

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 Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.18818, 39.24658
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 05 E
    Dip 75 W
    Thickness 0.3M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fairview District

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL SHAFT

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 REPORT AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN IN RHYOLITE NEAR RHYOLITE INTRUSIVE, WITH ALUNITE COATING ON OPEN SPACES.

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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