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NBMG Sample Site 3893

Occurrence in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold
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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. 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 10047703
MRDS ID M243127
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 3893
Alternate or previous names Treasure Hill Claim #1079 Nearby

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.08874, 39.4713 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wonder Mountain(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 035E 31 NW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • WORKINGS ARE NEXT TO A JEEP TRAIL THAT LEADS SOUTH FROM THE VICTOR-GEIGER GAP ROAD, NEAR THE EDGE OF TREASURE HILL CLAIM #1079 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 3893 OF QUARTZ WITH SULFIDES, IN ANDESITE, FROM DUMP CONTAINS 0.7% FE, 0.07% MG, 0.05% CA, 0.07% TI, 300 PPM MN, 200 PPM AG, 0.6 PPM AU (BY A A ANALYSIS), 700 PPM BA, 1 PPM BE, 20 PPM CU, 50 PPM PB, 50 PPM ZR.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Wonder Rhyolite
    Rock description Wonder Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.08874, 39.4713
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Near Contact Between Rhyolite And Intrusive Andesite.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Wonder District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT, FAIRLY LARGE WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • OLD WORKINGS, NO ACTIVITY WHEN EXAMINED IN 1986

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 24 SEP 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 83, 1974, PL. 1.

  • Deposit

    USDI, BLM, MINING CLAIM RECORDS AND FILES.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SW-BEARING CROSSCUT ADIT IN RHYOLITE NEAR CONTACT WITH ANDESITE INTRUSIVE. WORKINGS ARE FAIRLY LARGE BUT THE VEIN APPEARS TO HAVE PINCHED OUT WITH ONLY LIMITED MINERALIZATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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