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NBMG Sample Site 2823

Occurrence in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Tungsten, Gold
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10111469
MRDS ID M242814
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 2823
Alternate or previous names Unnamed Tungsten Prospect
Related records 10125537

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.81488, 40.40989 (WGS84)
Elevation 1445
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 029N 028E 02 SW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTH OF TUNGSTEN PROSPECT AT NBMG SAMPLE SITE 2822. . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2823, A COMPOSITE OF VEIN MATERIALS FROM ADITS AND PROSPECTS, CONTAINS 10 % FE, 0.7 % MG, 5 % CA, 0.2 % TI, 100 PPM MN, 2 PPM AG, 2.5 PPM AU (BY AA ANALYSIS), 100 PPM B, 300 PPM BA, 2 PPM BE, 50 PPM BI, 15 PPM CO, 100 PPM CR, 1000 PPM CU, 7 PPM MO, 50 PPM NI, 10 PPM SC, 2000 PPM SR, 150 PPM V, 30 PPM Y, 100 PPM ZR.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 42
USGS model code 14a
Deposit model name W skarn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.81488, 40.40989
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Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Of Granodiorite With Metasediments

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Seven Troughs District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS AND PROSPECTS

Comments on development

  • NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1985.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M242814

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 7 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M. G., 1977, NBMG BULL 89, PL. 1.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SOME OF THE CONTACT ZONES HAVE MINOR SULFIDES MINERALIZATION, AND A FAIR AMOUNT OF ALTERATION IS ASSOCIATED WITH QUARTZ VEINS IN THE ADJACENT GRANITES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey