NBMG Sample Site 3950

Occurrence in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Tungsten, Silver, Molybdenum, Copper, Manganese
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  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 10047672
MRDS ID M243094
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 3950
Alternate or previous names Jolly Rodger Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.30624, 39.45991 (WGS84)
Elevation 1920

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

  • IN TRIBUTARY CANYON ON EAST TO LAPLATA CANYON, ABOUT 0.8 MILE ABOVE LAPLATA SITE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Silver Secondary
Molybdenum Secondary
Copper Secondary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 3950 FROM SHAFT DUMP OF SKARN AND QUARTZ VEIN MATERIAL CONTAINS 5% FE, 0.3% MG, 7% CA, 0.1% TI, 5000 PPM MN, 20 PPM BA, 2 PPM BE, 10 PPM CR, 150 PPM CU, 50 PPM MO, 7 PPM NI, 7 PPM SC, 50 PPM SN, 500 PPM V, 500 PPM ZN, 50 PPM ZR.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 42
USGS model code 14a
Deposit model name W skarn

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.30624, 39.45991

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Igneous Contact

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; SHAFT AND INCLINE ALONG WITH TRENCHES AND PROSPECT PITS.

Comments on development

  • NO ACTIVITY IN 1986, CLAIMS HAVE LAPSED; AREA IS WITHIN THAT STAKED BY CONOCO IN 1970.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    CHURCHILL COUNTY COURTHOUSE RECORDS-RECORDERS OFFICE.

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J., PERSONAL NOTES

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 83, 1974, PL. I.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GARNET-RICH SKARN ZONE ALONG IRREGULAR CONTACT ZONE BETWEEN METASEDIMENTS AND GRANITE; WITH CALCITE CLOTS, EPIDOTE, AND MINOR TUNGSTEN. SHAFT AND INCLINE FOLLOW AN IRREGULAR CONTACT BETWEEN SHALE/SILTSTONE AND GRANITE. THE GENERAL TREND OF THE CONTACT IS N 75 W, 35 NE. GARNET-EPIDOTE SKARN HAS FORMED ALONG THE CONTACT.

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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