NBMG Sample Location 126

The NBMG Sample Location 126 is a gold and silver mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,771 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: NBMG Sample Location 126

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Arsenic

Location

State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Chief (Caliente) 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
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: L
Description: Fractures

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification

Rocks

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 500 PPM SB, 1000 PPM SR, 200 PPM ZN, 500 PPM ZR.
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 126 CONTAINS 10% FE, 200 PPM MN, 5 PPM AG, 7000 PPM AS, 2000 PPM B, 150 PPM BA, 100 PPM CU 700 PPM PB

Materials

Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): VEIN EMPLACED ALONG BEDDING-PLANE FRACTURE?

Comment (Workings): 2 ORE MORE S-TRENDING ADITS. REMAINS OF CORRUGATED ASSAY LAB FOUND AT UPPER ADIT. ADITS ARE OPEN AT PORTAL. TRENCHES 5-10 YR. OLD

Comment (Geology): ROCK ON UPPER DUMP IS MOSTLY QUARTZITE WITH LESSER DK BROWN EARTHY & SILICEOUS GOSSAN QUARTZ IS FE-STAINED WITH MINOR QUARTZ VEINING AND RECRYSTALLIZATION. ALL ROCKS COATED WITH ABUNDANT FE AND MN OXIDES. ALSO THERE ARE A LOT OF GREEN, YELLOW, AND BRIGHT ORANGE OXIDES PROBABLY AFTER AS, FE, S, OR PB MINERALS. SOME QUARTZ VEIN MATERIAL ON DUMP DISPLAYS SMALL VUGS FILLED WITH IRON-STAINED PRISMATIC QUARTZ AND A MINOR AMOUNT OF UNOXIDIZED PYRITE. OTHERWISE, NO OBVIOUS MINERALIZATION WAS OBSERVED. IT IS LIKELY THAT MOST OF THE MINERALIZED VEIN MATERIAL IS OXIDIZED TO EARTHY BROWN MASSES WITH ONLY THE BRIGHTLY COLORED OXIDES REMAINING. SCORODITE (FE AS H2O) AFTER ARSENO-PYRITE IS REPORTED FROM NEAR THIS LOCALITY. ALTHOUGH THE VEIN WAS NOT DIRECTLY OBSERVED AT THE WORKINGS, THE BEDDING OF THE QUARTZITE MEASURED AT THE LOWER PORTAL IS APPROXIMATELY N-S AND DIPS 30E. MOST VEINS IN THIS AREA FOLLOW N-S FRACTURES POSSIBLY DEVELOPED ALONG BEDDING PLANES.

Comment (Location): IN COBALT CANYON ON S. SIDE OF CANYON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Comment (Development): NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN AUG. 1983, BUT TRENCHES 5-10 YR. OLD FOUND IN AREA

References

Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, 1936, UNR BULL. VOL. 30, NO. 2.

Reference (Deposit): BENTZ, J. AND SMITH, P., FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT ON AUG 17, 1983.

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.