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NBMG Sample 3897

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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047706
MRDS ID M243131
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample 3897

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.10068, 39.46324 (WGS84)
Elevation 1545

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 SE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 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 3897 CONTAINS 1.5% FE, 0.2% MG, 0.05% CA, 0.2% TI, 70 PPM MN, 1 PPM AG, 10 PPM B, 1000 PPM BA, 1.5 PPM BE, 7 PPM CU, 15 PPM MO, 100 PPM PB, 30 PPM V, 15 PPM Y, 200 PPM ZR, 20 PPM LA, 5 PPM SC, 30 PPM SN

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.10068, 39.46324
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 35 E
    Dip 30
    Width 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1907

Mining district

District name Wonder District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Robert Murphy, Silver Venture 10
    Home office 2018 Pico Blvd, Santa Monica, Ca 90405
    First year 1986

Comments on the workings information

  • AN ADIT ADJACENT TO AN INCLINED SHAFT. THERE WAS ALSO A BLACKSMITH'S HEARTH AND POSSIBLE LIVING SPACE WITHIN THE ADIT

Comments on development

  • EXPLORED IN 1907-1908 ERA; STAKED BY ERICKSON'S GROUP IN 1979; NO ACTIVITY WHEN EXAMINED IN 1986

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    USDI, BLM, MINING CLAIM RECORDS AND FILES

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 83, 1974, PL. 1.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WORKINGS FOLLOW A 5-FT THICK VEIN ON A N 35 E HEADING. THE INCLINE FOLLOWS THE VEIN ON A 30 NE DIP SLOPE THAT STEEPENS AT DEPTH. THE VEIN IS IN A FAULT THAT FOLLOWS THE CONTACT OF A HIGHLY ALTERED RHYOLITE AND TUFF OR ANDESITE (?) THE VEIN IS COMPOSED LARGELY OF ARGILLICALLY ALTERED VOLCANIC RUBBLE. THE SAMPLE WAS SELECTED FROM THE PUMPS OF HIGHLY OXIDIZED MATERIAL AND CHIPPED FROM THE VEIN.

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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