The NBMG Sample Location 1396 is a silver and gold mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,001 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,001 Feet (2,134 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 37.95639, -114.58194
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NBMG Sample Location 1396 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: NBMG Sample Location 1396
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Highland 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: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic replacement
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faults, Fractures; Set Of N65e, Vertical Shears.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 1396 CONTAINS GREATER THAN 20% FE, 10% CA, 300 PPM MN, 5 PPM AG, 1000 PPM AS, 150 PPM BA, 500 PPM CU, 100 PPM MO, 50 PPM PB, 100 PPM W.
Materials
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972
Comment (Deposit): SILICEOUS REPLACEMENT BEDDING DEPOSITS UP TO 5 FT THICK FOLLOWING BEDDING PLANE FAULTS. NEAR THE FAULTS, THE LIMESTONE HAS BEEN SILICIFIEAND EROSION EXPOSED SMALL JASPEROID RIBS. THE REPLACEMENT BODIES ARE OXIDIZED TO GOSSAN AND FILLS CAVITIES AND FRACTURES. CUTTING THE GOSSAN ARE BRECCIATED, WHITE, MASSIVE QUARTZ VEINS WITH CALCITE CRYSTALS AND GRAINS CARRYING OXIDIZED SULFIDES (PYRITE AND CHALCOPYRITE, POSSIBLY GALENA AND TETRAHEDRITE?) EXPOSED BEDDING EXHIBITS MUCH FAULTING RESULTING IN THE VARIABLE ATTITUDES OF THE CARBONATE BEDS WITH STRIKES VARYING FROM DUE WEST TO N20W AND DIPS RANGING FROM HORIZONTAL TO 30N. A SET OF VERTICAL, N65E SHEARS WAS EXPOSED IN THE MIDDLE WORKINGS.
Comment (Workings): 4-5 VERTICAL AND INCLINED SHAFTS, PARTIALLY CAVED, ALONG WESTERLY TREND; PERIPHERAL SURFACE CUTS, TRENCHES.
Comment (Development): PROBABLY WORKED/EXPLORED 1860'S-1880'S. ORIGINAL HAND-HEWN TIMBERS IN SHAFT COLLARS. NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1983.
References
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, P. AND BENTZ, J., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION OF AUG, 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.
