The NBMG Sample Site 2700 is a gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,519 feet.
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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
Lat, Long: 38.62667, -117.50611
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NBMG Sample Site 2700 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: NBMG Sample Site 2700
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Cloverdale District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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: Shears, Fractures
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification Of Wallrock
Rocks
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2700 OF SILICIFIED RHYOLITE TUFF WITH HAIRLINE QUARTZ VEINLETS AND ADULARIA CRYSTALS ON FRACTURES, CONTAINS 1% FE, 0.07% CA, 0.1% TI, 150 PPM MN, 30 PPM AG, 200 PPM AS, 7.0 PPM AU (BY AA ANALYSIS), 10 PPM B, 500 PPM BA, 2 PPM BE, 10 PPM CU, 15 PPM MO, 100 PPM PB, 30 PPM V, 30 PPM ZR.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Iron
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): SCREEN ON DUMP INDICATES THAT SOME ORE WAS HAND-CRUSHED AND SCREENED. NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1985.
Comment (Deposit): FRACTURE ZONE, INDISTINCT, IRON OXIDE STAINING, SOME DRUSY QUARTZ ON FRACTURE SURFACES. WALL ROCK IS SILICIFIED RHYOLITE TUFF. ADULARIA CRYSTALS ON SOME FRACTURES.
Comment (Workings): VERTICAL SHAFT, ABOUT 40 FT DEEP, TIMBERED AT COLLAR
References
Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V., 3 OCT 85, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS
Reference (Deposit): NBMG BULL 99B, 1984, P. 71-76.
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.
