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NBMG Sample Site 3943

Prospect in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Molybdenum, Silver, Lead, Bismuth
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097312
MRDS ID M243087
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 3943
Alternate or previous names Short Day Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.27096, 39.4363 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676

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

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 018N 033E 10 SW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON RIDGE SW OF ELEVENMILE CANYON ABOUT 0.6 MILE BELOW RUINS SHOWN ON TOPO MAP ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 3943 CHIPPED FROM OUTCROP OF VEIN MATERIAL, CONTAINS 2% FE, 0.15% MG, 0.05% CA, 0.15% TI, 30 PPM MN, 20 PPM AG, 30 PPM B, 500 PPM BA, 3 PPM BE, 200 PPM BI, 30 PPM CU, 50 PPM MO, 5 PPM NI, 200 PPM PB, 200 PPM SR, 30 PPM V, 50 PPM ZR.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 80
USGS model code 21b
Deposit model name Porphyry Mo, low-F

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.27096, 39.4363
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1976

Mining district

District name Mountain Wells District; Laplata District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Richard Fisk, Laplata Gold Mines
    First year 1986

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT, DRILL ROADS, PAD, ROTARY DRILL HOLE.

Comments on development

  • ACTIVE CLAIMS IN 1986, NEARBY RECENT ROAD BUILDING AND DRILLING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK & TINGLEY, J.V., 9 OCT 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS

  • Deposit

    USDI, BLM, 1986 MINING CLAIM RECORDS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 83, 1974, PL. 1.

  • Deposit

    PHELPS DODGE PRIVATE REPORT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OUTCROP OF QUARTZ VEINS IN FELSITE/GRANITE, WITH MOLYBDENITE?, SERICITE, RED HEMATITE. ROAD CUT EXPOSES A SERIES OF PARALLEL QUARTZ VEINS AND APLITE DIKES CUTTING GRANITE AND FELSITE. WALL ROCK IS SERICITIZED AND STAINED RED WITH HEMATITE. PHELPS DODGE CORP'S DRILL HOLE LP-6, TOTAL DEPTH 690 FT, COLLARED IN "GRIESEN", PENETRATED BIOTITE GRANITE, ANDESITE, ENDED IN SCHIST. HOLE AVERAGED 21 PPM MO WITH HIGHEST VALUE 95 PPM MO.
Deposit Discovery Year: STAKED 1976

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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