NBMG Sample 3930

Occurrence in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold
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. Ore body information
  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 10047657
MRDS ID M243074
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample 3930

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.26263, 39.43852 (WGS84)
Elevation 1594

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

La Plata 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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 018N 033E 10 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN ELEVEN MILE CANYON ON NORTH SIDE, ABOUT A MILE BELOW RUINS MARKED ON TOPO MAP ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 3930 CHIPPED FROM OUTCROP OF HYDROTHERMAL BRECCIA CONTAINS 0.7% FE, 0.3% MG, 0.5% CA, 0.07% TI, 300 PPM MN, 3 PPM AG, 300 PPM BA, 10 PPM CU, 30 PPM MO, 5 PPM NI, 100 PPM PB, 30 PPM V, 30 PPM ZR.

Host and associated rocks

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

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 60 W
    Dip 85 SW
    Width 2.44M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mountain Wells District; (Laplata District)

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL ADIT AND PROSPECT PIT

Comments on development

  • CLAIM POSTS ARE PRESENT BUT NO PAPER WAS FOUND (1986); NO ACTIVITY AT THAT TIME

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 8 OCT 86, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 83, 1974, PL. I.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HYDROTHERMAL BRECCIA IN ANDESITE WITH SULFIDES WITH SILICA MATRIX INCLUDING PYRITE. A 6-8 FT WIDE VEIN FORMS A BOLD OUTCROP ON THE EAST SIDE OF A TRIBUTARY CANYON THAT FEED IN FROM THE NORTH OF ELEVEN-MILE CANYON. THE LARGER PORTION OF THE VEIN IS A HYDROTHERMAL BRECCIA CONTAINING MINOR PYRITE IN A HIGHLY SILICIFIED MATRIX.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-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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