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NBMG Sample Site 4321

Occurrence in Washoe county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver
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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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055082
MRDS ID RE00020
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 4321

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.76794, 39.31712 (WGS84)
Elevation 1747

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Washoe City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Truckee(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 Washoe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 17N 20E 29 NW OF NW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 2 MILES EAST OF WASHOE CITY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Fe-Oxide Staining

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.76794, 39.31712
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Walker Lane Fault System
Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zone

Ore body information

  • Strike N80W
    Dip 45SW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • PENDANT OF METAMORPHIC ROCK IN PLUTON. BONHAM (ORAL COMM., 8 OCT/91) SUGGESTS HOST IS GRANODIORITE RATHER THAN GRANITE. QUADE ET AL MENTION LENSES AND VEINS OF VUGGY QUARTZ, UP TO 1 FT. THICK, CARRYING CLOTS OF PYRITE AND SPARSE GALENA IN SHEAR ZONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Galena

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS AND CUTS EXTENDING FROM CANYON TO HILLTOP, FOLLOWING SHEAR ZONE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, J.A., TINGLEY, J.V., AND GARSIDE, L.J., 1990, MINERAL RESOURCE INVENTORY, BLM CARSON CITY DISTRICT, NEVADA, APPENDIX A, MINES, PROSPECTS, AND OCCURRENCES, NBMG OPEN-FILE REPT. 90-2, P.288

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H., 1991, ORAL COMM., NBMG, 8 OCT/91.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1991 Marcus, Susan U.S. Geological Survey

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