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NBMG Sample Site 3949

Occurrence in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Molybdenum, Lead, Bismuth
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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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047671
MRDS ID M243093
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 3949
Alternate or previous names Jolly Rodger Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.30735, 39.45935 (WGS84)
Elevation 1935

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 019N 033E 32 SW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON RIDGE ON EAST SIDE OF LAPLATA CANYON ABOUT 0.7 MILE ABOVE LAPLATA SITE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Primary
Lead Secondary
Bismuth Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization Of Granite

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 3949 OF VEIN MATERIAL NEAR SHAFT AND ALONG TRENCH, CONTAINS 1% FE, 0.03% MG, 0.15% CA, 30 PPM MN, 700 PPM AG, 1000 PPM BI, 7000 PPM CU, 500 PPM MO, 5000 PPM PB, 15 PPM V.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.30735, 39.45935
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 70 W
    Dip 65 NE
    Width 0.46M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

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

  • SHAFT, TRENCH ON TOP OF HILL

Comments on development

  • CLAIMS INACTIVE; NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN OCT, 1986; IN AREA OF CLAIM BLOCK STAKED BY CONOCO IN 1970 AS A CU-MO PROSPECT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, & TINGLEY, J.V., 9 OCT 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J.V., 1986, PERSONAL NOTES

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 83, 1974, PL. 1.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 1.5 FT QUARTZ VEIN EXPOSED IN A SHEAR ZONE NEAR A SHAFT, ALONG A TRENCH

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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