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NBMG Sample Site 3859

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. Alteration
  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 10047684
MRDS ID M243106
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 3859

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.31735, 39.26019 (WGS84)
Elevation 1353

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 SE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Strong Alteration Of Sediments

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 3859 CONTAINED 3% FE, 0.15% MG, 1% CA, 0.1% TI, 150 PPM MN, 2 PPM AG, 20 PPM B, 150 PPM BA, 15 PPM CO, 20 PPM CR, 500 PPM CU, 200 PPM MO, 7 PPM NI, 7 PPM SC, 150 PPM SR, 30 PPM V, 30 PPM ZR.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.31735, 39.26019
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Economic information

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

  • OPEN PIT

Comments on development

  • NO ACTIVITY IN 1986

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 16 SEP 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 83, 1974, PL. 1.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN WITH WISPY GRAY SULFIDES CUTTING HIGHLY ALTERED MICACEOUS SEDIMENTS

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.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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