NBMG Sample Site 3836

Occurrence in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047642
MRDS ID M243055
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 3836

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.19179, 39.24213 (WGS84)
Elevation 1582

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 18 SE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • WEST OF NEVADA HILLS MINE; NO ROADS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 3836 CONTAINS 2% FE, 0.2% MG, 0.5% CA, 0.2% TI, 700 PPM MN, 100 PPM AG, 10 PPM B, 500 PPM BA, 1 PPM BE, 50 PPM BI, 10000 PPM CU, 10 PPM MO, 15000 PPM PB, 70 PPM V, 2000 PPM ZN, 30 PPM ZR.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.19179, 39.24213

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Of Granite With Shaley Sediments

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

  • SHAFT AND ADIT COLLARED IN GRANITE

Comments on development

  • OLD WORKINGS PROBABLY DATING FROM EARLY 1900'S; NO ACTIVITY IN 1986

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK AND TINGLEY, J.V., 12 SEP 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONTACT ZONE OF GRANITE WITH SHALEY SEDIMENTS. BASE METAL SULFIDES ASSOCIATED WITH QUARTZ VEINING.

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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