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NBMG Sample Site 3951

Occurrence in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Lead, Molybdenum, Antimony, 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  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 10047673
MRDS ID M243095
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 3951
Alternate or previous names Laplata Site

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.31179, 39.44935 (WGS84)
Elevation 1798

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 05 SW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Sericite Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 3951 SELECTED FROM DUMP MATERIAL NEAR MILLSITE CONTAINS 0.3% FE, 0.03% MG, 0.2% CA, 0.03% TI, 100 PPM MN, 700 PPM AG, 200 PPM AS, 1000 PPM BI, 100 PPM CD, 5000 PPM CU, 1500 PPM MO, 7 PPM NI, 3000 PPM PB, 2000 PPM SB, 20 PPM V, 300 PPM ZN.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.31179, 39.44935
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1865

Mining district

District name Mountain Wells District; Laplata District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SHAFTS, ONE NOW OBLITERATED BY DOZER WORK, OLD MILL SITE.

Comments on development

  • SILVER MINERALIZATION DISCOVERED IN AREA IN 1862; MOST ACTIVITY CEASED BY 1869. NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1986.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 83, 1974, PL 1.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEINS IN PHYLLITE & SLATE NEAR A GRANODIORITE CONTACT.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1860'S

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

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