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NBMG Sample Site 2982

Occurrence in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Sulfur, Mercury, Silver, Antimony
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055069
MRDS ID RE00001
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 2982
Related records 10124540

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.69959, 39.88351 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ocala(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson Sink(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 23N 29E 02 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur Primary
Mercury Primary
Silver Primary
Antimony Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gypsum Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Sulfur Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Soft & Punky Altered Sediments And Shale; Pulverent Cinn.-Brown Limonite Gossan.

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES #2982 & #2983 - NO ANOMALOUS GEOCHEMICAL VALUES APPARENT. #2982 NO AG DETECTED
Result SB GREATER THAN 200 PPM #2983 1PPM AG
Result NO SB DETECTED

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.69959, 39.88351
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone (N30e, 60se)

Comments on the geologic information

  • CIRCULAR OUTCROP (150' DIAMETER). TWO NBMG SAMPLES TAKEN: 2982 FROM ALTERED BRECCIA MASS, 2983 FROM DUMP

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lake

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SHORT ADITS. RECENT DRILLING ACTIVITY.

Comments on development

  • ACCESS ROADS, DRILL SITES AND 1983 CLAIM NOTICES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NBMG SAMPLE SITE 2982; LAKE MINING DISTRICT; CHURCHILL COUNTY, NBMG UNPUBLISHED (TINGLEY) MINING DISTRICT FILES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FIELD NOTES FROM J. V. TINGLEY (NBMG), APRIL 15, 1985 ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1990 Skurski, M. (Marcus, Sue) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1991 Moyer, Lorre A. (Marcus, S.M.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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