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NBMG Sample Site 3850

Occurrence in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Lead
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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. 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 10047649
MRDS ID M243063
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 3850
Alternate or previous names Part of Nevada Hills Mine Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.1704, 39.2413 (WGS84)
Elevation 1762

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 SE OF SE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • JUST S SE OF NEVADA HILLS SHAFT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 3850 OF SILICIFIED VEIN MATERIAL FROM THE DUMPS CONTAINS 1.5% FE, 0.07% MG, 0.05% CA, 0.1% TI, 70 PPM MN, 1.5 PPM AG.

Host and associated rocks

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

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Strong E-W Structure

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1906

Mining district

District name Fairview District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Houston Oil And Minerals Corp. (Now Tenneco/Echo Bay)
    First year 1986

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL SHAFT

Comments on development

  • PART OF NEVADA HILLS WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C., 1947, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON CARSON SINK AREA; USGS OFR.

  • Deposit

    NBMG MINING DISTRICT FILES, FILE 7, 1906, FAIRVIEW CLAIM MAP.

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 83, 1974.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STRONG E-W STRUCTURE EAST OF GLORY HOLE. FRACTURE AND ITS QUARTZ STRINGERS ARE FROM A DIFFERENT OF MINERALIZATION THAN THE REST OF NEVADA HILLS.

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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