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NBMG Sample Site 2080

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Barium-Barite, Arsenic, Vanadium
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095397
MRDS ID M042793
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 2080

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.87147, 38.55076 (WGS84)
Elevation 2304

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Belmont East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Jefferson(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

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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008N 045E 12 SW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ACCESSIBLE BY TWO MILES OF FAIR ROAD SOUTH OF THE MAIN MINED AREA. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2080 WAS TAKEN FROM DEEPLY IRON-STAINED SHALE AND CONTAINS 3% FE, 0.1% MG, 1% CA, 0.05% TI, 300 PPM MN, 2 PPM AG, 2000 PPM AS, 30 PPM B, 1500 PPM BA, 1.5 PPM BE, 10 PPM CO, 150 PPM CR, 2000 PPM CU, 20 PPM LA, 70 PPM NI, 50 PPM PB, 100 PPM SB, 500 PPM SR, 300 PPM V, 20 PPM Y, 20 PPM ZR.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.87147, 38.55076
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Belmont District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner West End Consolidated Mining Co.?

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE LARGE SHAFT, PROSPECT PIT ATOP A KNOB, WITH OPEN DOZER CUTS ON SE SIDE OF HILL. HEAD FRAME AND SCREEN ERECTED NEAR PROSPECT PIT.

Comments on development

  • OVER 50 YRS OLD. A NUMBER OF ARTIFACTS IN THE AREA BEAR THE NAME "WESTEND CONSOLIDATED MINING CO, TONOPAH." NO ACTIVITY IN 1985

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 1 OCT 85, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 99B, 1984

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

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

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