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NBMG Sample Site 3942

Occurrence in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Molybdenum
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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. 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 10047666
MRDS ID M243086
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 3942

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.24263, 39.42797 (WGS84)
Elevation 1509

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 14 NE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN ELEVENMILE CANYON ON NORTHEAST SIDE ABOUT 4.5 MILES ABOVE CONFLUENCE WITH DIXIE VALLEY WASH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 3942 OF VEIN MATERIAL CONTAINS 2% FE, 0.003% TI, 10 PPM MN, 10 PPM AG, 10 PPM B, 200 PPM CU, 70 PPM MO, 5 PPM NI, 30 PPM PB, 15 PPM V.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.24263, 39.42797
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 60 E
    Dip 70 NW
    Width 0.3M

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 PIT

Comments on development

  • NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1986.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 83, 1974, PL. 1.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN AND VEINLETS OF CALCITE IN LIMESTONE WITH HEMATITE STAINING AND BOXWORKS AFTER PYRITE.

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.

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