The NBMG Sample Site 2756 is a gold and silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,519 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 6,519 Feet (1,987 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 38.10278, -116.77000
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NBMG Sample Site 2756 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: NBMG Sample Site 2756
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Barium-Barite
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Bismuth
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Ellendale District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fault, Shear
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Altered, Silicified Rhyolite; Bleached Shear Zone
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: NBMG SAMPLE 2756 OF SILICIFIED VEIN MATERIAL AND GOUGE CONTAINS 1.5% FE, 0.07% MG, 0.07% CA, 0.05% TI, 500 PPM MN, 1000 PPM AG, 15 PPM B, 1000 PPM BA, 1 PPM BE, 200 PPM BI, 15 PPM CR, 1000 PPM CU, 200 PPM MO, 7 PPM NI, 2000 PPM PB, 500 PPM SB, 30 PPM V, 700 PPM ZN, 30 PPM ZR.
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): ABOUT 0.5 MILE NW OF ELLENDALE MINE. ACCESSIBLE BY FAIR ROAD FROM MCKINNEY TANKS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Deposit): VEIN EXPLORED BY A 50-FT INCLINE FOLLOWING THE DIP SLOPE. FAULT-CONTROLLED VEIN IS ABOUT 4 FT THICK AT THE SURFACE AND IT HAS ALTERED, SILICIFIED RHYOLITE IN THE FOOTWALL AND ANDESITE IN THE HANGING WALL. QUARTZ FORMS STRINGERS IN THE VEIN. MINERALIZATION INCLUDES VISIBLE PYRITE, MINOR COPPER, AND SULFIDES. THE SHEAR IS STRONGLY BLEACHED AND MN-STAINED.
Comment (Workings): OLD UNTIMBERED INCLINE, DRILL HOLES
Comment (Development): AREA HAS BEEN DRILLED WITHIN THE PAST 5 YEARS BUT THERE IS NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF INVESTIGATION IN 1985
References
Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 22 MAR 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG BULL 99B, 1984, P. 85-91.
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
