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NBMG Sample Site 3936

Prospect in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, 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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097311
MRDS ID M243080
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 3936
Alternate or previous names 1-Mile Claims, Mile 1 Lode

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.27929, 39.46713 (WGS84)
Elevation 1807

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

La Plata Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fallon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(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 Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 019N 033E 33 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON EAST SIDE OF ELEVEN MILE CANYON ABOUT 1.5 MILES NORTH OF THE RUINS SHOWN ON THE TOPO MAP ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 3936 CHIPPED FROM VEIN IN ALTERED RHYOLITE BRECCIA CONTAINS 0.7% FE, 0.3% MG, 0.05% CA, 0.3% TI, 30 PPM MN, 2 PPM AG, 300 PPM AS, 0.2 PPM AU, 20 PPM B, 700 PPM BA, 1.5 PPM BE, 10 PPM CR, 7 PPM CU, 30 PPM MO, 20 PPM LA, 10 PPM PB, 5 PPM SC, 70 PPM V, 150 PPM ZR.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.27929, 39.46713
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 80 W
    Dip 70 SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1986

Mining district

District name Mountain Wells District; Laplata District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner S. Chapney'S, C. Gardner And Reynolds Of Fallon
    First year 1986

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL PROSPECT EAST OF THE SHAFT

Comments on development

  • ACTIVE CLAIMS STAKED AUGUST 1986

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, TINGLEY, J.V., 8 OCT 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS

  • Deposit

    USDI, BLM, 1986 MINING CLAIM RECORDS

  • Deposit

    CHURCHILL COUNTY RECORDER RECORDS

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 83, 1974, PL. 1.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN IN ALTERED RHYOLITE BRECCIA WITH SULFIDES IN THE MATRIX. HIGHLY BRECCIATED VEIN

Reporter information

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

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