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NBMG Sample Site 2760

Prospect in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, 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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  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 10097048
MRDS ID M042782
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 2760

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.72284, 38.07855 (WGS84)
Elevation 1935

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stone Cabin Ranch SW(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

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 003N 047E 28 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • OFF THE MAIN ROAD SOUTH OF THE MICROWAVE TOWER ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching, Argillization

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2760 FROM EXPOSED VEIN CONTAINS 7% FE, 0.03% MG, 0.1% CA, 0.07% TI, 50 PPM MN, 15 PPM AG, 50 PPM B, 500 PPM BA, 20 PPM BI, 15 PPM CR, 700 PPM CU, 20 PPM MO, 5 PPM NI, 1500 PPM PB, 500 PPM SB, 5 PPM SC, 300 PPM SR, 50 PPM V, 15 PPM Y, 30 PPM ZR.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.72284, 38.07855
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 55 W
    Dip 90
    Thickness 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • N 55 W, Vertical Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ellendale District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • A SINGLE SHALLOW SHAFT AND RECENT DRILLING IN AND AROUND THE PROSPECT; PROSPECTS

Comments on development

  • RECENT DRILLING IN AND AROUND THE PROSPECT (WITHIN PAST FEW YEARS)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROSPECTS FOLLOW A SHEAR ZONE IN ALTERED, BLEACHED, ARGILLIZED ANDESITE (?) VEIN IS 2-3 FT THICK, WITHOUT VISIBLE MINERALIZATION-DRILLING ALONG STRIKE N OF SHAFT

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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