The NBMG Sample Site 2079 is a silver and lead mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,349 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,349 Feet (2,240 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 38.5625, -116.86889
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NBMG Sample Site 2079 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: NBMG Sample Site 2079
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Vanadium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Belmont 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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2079 WAS TAKEN FROM STRINGERS IN THE EXPOSED PORTIONS OF THE VEIN AND FROM THE DUMP AND CONTAINS 0.7% FE, 0.07% MG, 0.02% TI, 70 PPM MN, 150 PPM AG, 20 PPM B, 150 PPM BA, 1.5 PPM BE, 15 PPM CR, 300 PPM CU, 20 PPM MO, 3000 PPM PB, 500 PPM SB, 150 PPM V, 200 PPM ZN, AND 15 PPM ZR.
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): INCLINE AND OPEN STOPE EXPOSE A VEIN IN THE BEDDING PLANE OF THIN-BEDDED SHALE. THE SMALL WORKINGS ARE NEAR THE CONTACT WITH A CRETACEOUS GRANITE
Comment (Workings): A SINGLE INCLINE AND OPEN STOPE
Comment (Development): PROBABLY OLD WORKINGS; NO ACTIVITY IN 1985
Comment (Location): ABOUT A MILE SOUTH OF THE MAIN MINING AREA AT BELMONT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
References
Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 1 OCT 85, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG BULL 99-B, 1984.
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.
