NBMG Sample Site 3925

Past Producer 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  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 10047710
MRDS ID M243135
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 3925
Alternate or previous names Gold King Group, Treasure Hill Claim #1075

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.08429, 39.47991 (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 035E 30 NW OF SE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ACCESSIBLE ON FOOT NW OF GEIGER GAP; OLD ROAD UP CANYON NO LONGER USABLE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 3925 CONTAINED 0.7% FE, 0.1% MG, 0.1% TI, 50 PPM MN, 1000 PPM AG, 0.85 PPM AY (BY A A ANALYSIS), 15 PPM B, 200 PPM BA, 10 PPM BE, 10 PPM BI, 20 PPM CU, 20 PPM LA, 50 PPM MO, 100 PPM PB, 15 PPM V, 100 PPM ZR.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

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 Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Intermediate silicic ash flow tuff

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults-Gold King Group Fault

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault System

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1925

Mining district

District name Wonder District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Perry, Ray A.
    Home office 1152 St. John Place, Santa Ana, Ca 92705
    First year 1986

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN STOPE ABOVE A SMALL CAVED ADIT

Comments on development

  • WORKINGS INDICATE SOME SMALL PAST PRODUCTION FROM EARLY 1900'S OR 1930'S. NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1986. STAKED BY ERICKSON'S GROUP IN 1979.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK AND TINGLEY, J.V., 06 OCT 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 83, 1974, PL 1.

  • Deposit

    NBMG MINING DISTRICT FILE 21, CLAIM MAPS

  • Deposit

    USDI, BLM, MINING DISTRICT CLAIM RECORDS AND FILES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WORKINGS FOLLOW AN IRREGULAR-STRIKING VEIN IN AND ALONG THE MAJOR FAULT-VEIN SYSTEM IDENTIFIED BY SCHRADER AS THE GOLD KING GROUP FAULT, IN RHYOLITE. SAMPLE 3925 WAS COLLECTED FROM WITHIN THE STOPE AND FROM THE ASSOCIATED DUMPS, AND CONSISTS OF VUGGY, LIMONITE-STAINED CREAM-COLORED QUARTZ-ADULARIA AND WHITE QUARTZ WITH SILVER SULFIDE SPECKS.
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S

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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