The NBMG Sample Site 2945 is a lead, silver, and gold mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,820 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 4,820 Feet (1,469 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 40.98667, -118.45722
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NBMG Sample Site 2945 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: NBMG Sample Site 2945
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Jungo Area
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: Prospect
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: N-Striking Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2945 OF MASSIVE METAL VEIN INCLUDED GALENA, PYRITE, ARSENOPYRITE AND POSSIBLY AG.
Materials
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): ACCESSIBLE BY FAIR ROADS WEST OF THE MAIN ROAD FROM JUNGO ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): NEW WITHIN THE PAST 3 YEARS; RECENTLY DOZED AND STAKED.
Comment (Deposit): WORKINGS EXPLORE SEVERAL VEINS IN A SHALE MEMBER OF THE TRIASSIC SEDIMENTS. ONE VEIN IS IN A SHEAR WITH MASSIVE METAL EXPOSED ALONG WITH MINOR QUARTZ. SECOND VEIN WAS OF WHITE BULL QUARTZ WITH GALENA AND OTHER SULFIDES. THERE ARE OTHER PROSPECTS IN THE AREA WHICH EXPLORE QUARTZ VEINS IN THE SEDIMENTS.
Comment (Workings): DOZER CUTS
References
Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 8 JUN 85, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG BULL 59, 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.
