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NBMG Sample Site 3941

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. Mineral occurrence model information
  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 10047665
MRDS ID M243085
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 3941

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.24957, 39.43158 (WGS84)
Elevation 1539

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pirouette Mountain(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 11 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN ELEVENMILE CANYON ON NORTH SIDE ABOUT 5 MILES UPSTREAM FROM CONFLUENCE WITH DIXIE VALLEY WASH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 3941 OF VEIN MATERIAL CONTAINS 1% FE, 0.2% MG, 0.7% CA, 0.1% TI, 150 PPM MN, 500 PPM BA, 15000 PPM CU, 5 PPM NI, 500 PPM PB, 100 PPM SR, 70 PPM V, 30 PPM ZR.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.24957, 39.43158
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 60 E
    Dip 70 SE
    Length 15.24M
    Width 0.15M

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

  • PROSPECT

Comments on development

  • NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1986.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK & TINGLEY, J.V., 8 OCT 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 83, 1974, PL. 1.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WHITE QUARTZ (COCKSCOMB); STREAKS OF WHITE CALCITE FILLING CENTER OF VEINLETS, CU OXIDE STAINING, WITH CLOTS OF CHALCOPYRITE AND SOME TETRAHEDRITE. VEIN IN BRECCIATED ANDESITE IS EXPOSED ON THE SURFACE FOR ABOUT 50 FT ALONG STRIKE ON THE SURFACE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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