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NBMG Sample Site 2764

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity 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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095395
MRDS ID M042784
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 2764

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.75757, 38.11661 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Yellow Cone(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warm Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003N 047E 18 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ONE MILE SOUTH OF HIGHWAY #6. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2764 OF IRON-STAINED ALTERED ROCK FROM SMALL INCLINE CONTAINS 3% FE, 0.1% MG, 0.15% CA, 0.3% TI, 50 PPM MN, 10 PPM B, 1500 PPM BA, 20 PPM CR, 20 PPM CU, 30 PPM LA, 20 PPM MO, 70 PPM PB, 5 PPM SC, 1500 PPM SR, 100 PPM V, 10 PPM Y, 200 PPM ZR.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.75757, 38.11661
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zone; Fractures

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone; Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ellendale District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL PROSPECTS AND DOZER CUTS; SMALL INCLINE

Comments on development

  • NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1986.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 23 MAR 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 99B, 1984, P. 85-91.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL PROSPECTS ON NORTH SIDE OF RHYOLITE PLUG ALONG IRON-STAINED SILICIFIED FRACTURES SIMILAR TO AREA AROUND ELLENDALE MINE BUT WITHOUT MINERALIZATION. PROSPECTS ATTEMPT TO EXPOSE CONTACT ZONE ALONG MARGIN OF PLUG.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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