The NBMG Sample Site 1470 is a copper, gold, and silver mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,699 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,699 Feet (2,042 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 37.55556, -115.77167
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NBMG Sample Site 1470 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: NBMG Sample Site 1470
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Don Dale 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
Type: L
Description: Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 1470 CONTAINS 2000 PPM MN, 5 PPM AG, 150 PPM BA, 200 PPM PB, 300 PPM ZN
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): WORKINGS EXPOSE MASSIVE WHITE QUARTZ VEIN, HIGHLY SHATTERED AND BRECCIATED. PROMINENT SHEARING PERPENDICULAR TO VEIN. THE VEIN IS HEAVILY STAINED WITH FE-MN OXIDES. ADDITIONAL QUARTZ VEINS OUTCROP UPSLOPE FROM SITE. FRAGMENTS OF QUARTZ PORPHYRY INTRUSIVE CONTAIN MINOR PYRITE OXIDIZING TO HEMATITE AND GOSSAN. VEIN IS PROBABLY FILLING A FAULT WHICH SEPARATES SHALE FROM OVERLYING QUARTZITE. MALACHITE IN FLOAT NEARBY
Comment (Workings): TRENCH/SURFACE SCRAPINGS ALONG SLOPE, (PROBABLY ASSESSMENT WORK)
Comment (Development): NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1983
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972
References
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, P. AND BENTZ, J., 1983 FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT, OCT. 5, 1983.
Reference (Deposit): TSCHANZ, C.M. AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, NBMG BULL 70, PL. I.
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