NBMG Sample Site 3854

Occurrence in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodity Silver
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10047681
MRDS ID M243103
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 3854

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.32263, 39.2663 (WGS84)
Elevation 1433

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Frenchman(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 016N 033E 07 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • HALF A MILE SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50; NO ROAD ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 3854 CONTAINED 1.5% FE, 0.15% MG, 0.07% CA, 0.15% TI, 70 PPM MN, 3 PPM AG, 10 PPM B, 500 PPM BA, 1 PPM BE, 50 PPM CR, 15 PPM CU, 5 PPM MO, 7 PPM NI, 5 PPM SC, 30 PPM V, 30 PPM ZR.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.32263, 39.2663

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sw-Trending Structure

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sand Springs District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • LINE OF OPEN CUTS

Comments on development

  • AREA STAKED BUT NO PAPER WAS FOUND; NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1986.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 15 SEP 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU MINES & GEOL. BULL 83, 1974, PL. 1.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROSPECTS IN VOLCANICS NEAR CONTACT WITH OLDER SEDIMENTARY ROCKS. WORKINGS FOLLOW A SW-TRENDING STRUCTURE WITH IRREGULAR STRIKE. SAMPLE 3854 WAS CHIPPED FROM A QUARTZ VEIN WITH BRECCIA, SOME MASSIVE VUGGY QUARTZ AND SULFIDES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-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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