The NBMG Sample Site 2360 is a silver and copper mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,098 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,098 Feet (1,554 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Copper
Lat, Long: 40.51778, -117.67889
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NBMG Sample Site 2360 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: NBMG Sample Site 2360
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Antimony
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Goldbanks 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
Type: Underground
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
Model Name: Hot-spring Hg
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2360 OF SELECT GOSSAN AND CU-STAINED QUARTZ VEIN MATTER FROM THE DUMP CONTAINS +20% FE, 0.2% MG, 0.1% CA, 0.07% TI, 500 PPM MN, 150 PPM AG, 500 PPM AS, 0.05 PPM AU (AA ANALYSIS), 150 PPM B, 5000 PPM BA, 2 PPM BE, 200 PPM BI, 50 PPM CO, 10 PPM CR, PPM CO, 10 PPM CR, +2000 PPM CU, 7 PPM MO, 70 PPM NI, 3000 PPM PB, 3000 PPM SB, 7 PPM SC, 150 PPM V, 200 PPM ZN, 50 PPM ZR.
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): 0.5 MILE N 20 E FROM ANTIMONY IKE MINE . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1984
Comment (Deposit): A SHALLOW SHAFT EXPLORES A N 55 W, 70 SW QUARTZ VEIN IN PINK-ORTHOCLASE GRANITE. THE VEIN CONTAINS MODERATELY HEAVY IRON OXIDE GOSSAN AND SPOTTY GREEN OXIDE-COPPER MINERALS. THE VEIN QUARTZ IS MILKY AND MIXED WITH GOSSAN. NO PRIMARY SULFIDE MINERALS WERE NOTED. THE VEIN IS ABOUT 25-35 CM WIDE IN THE WALL OF THE SHAFT.
Comment (Workings): A 4-M DEEP SHAFT
References
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L.J., 1984, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, NBMG BULL 89, PL. I.
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.
