NBMG Sample Site 3895

Occurrence in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold
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. Alteration
  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. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047704
MRDS ID M243129
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 3895
Alternate or previous names High Divide #3 Claim, Silver Center Claim Group, Wonder Quartzite Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.09624, 39.46574 (WGS84)
Elevation 1615

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 034E 36 NE OF SE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ACCESSIBLE ON FOOT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillization

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 3895 CONTAINED 1.5% FE, 0.07% MG, 0.15% CA, 0.15% TI, 100 PPM MN, 2 PPM AG, 10 PPM B, 200 PPM BA, 1.5 PPM BE, 5 PPM CU, 20 PPM LA, 30 PPM MO, 70 PPM PB, 20 PPM V, 15 PPM Y, 100 PPM ZR.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    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
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.09624, 39.46574

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 40 E
    Dip 55 NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Vein Structure

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Silver Center Mining; Frank Lewis
    Home office 120 Greenridge Dr., Reno, NV 89502
    First year 1986

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT PIT ADJACENT TO A SHAFT

Comments on development

  • WORKINGS DATE FROM ABOUT 1907-1908; CLAIMS STILL CURRENT; NO ACTIVITY IN 1986

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 24 SEPT 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 PROSPECT PIT EXPOSES RHYOLITE ALONG A FAULT VEIN STRUCTURE THAT CUTS WHAT APPEARS TO BE ALTERED ANDESITE. THE CONTACT ZONE DISPLAYS WHITE ARGILLIC ALTERATION AND CONTAINS MINOR QUARTZ VEINING.

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

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.