The NBMG Sample Site 2667 is a silver and gold mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,499 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: 5,499 Feet (1,676 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 40.74806, -117.95056
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NBMG Sample Site 2667 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: NBMG Sample Site 2667
Secondary: Part of Tallula Mine Workings?
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Sierra District; Dun Glen 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
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): OLD MINING SITE WITH CONSIDERABLE WORKINGS ON BOTH SIDES OF CANYON; MAY BE ACTUAL SITE OF TALLULA MINE . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): EXTENSIVE DUMPS AND WORKING INDICATE SOME PAST PRODUCTION; PROBABLY 1930-1950 ACTIVITY, NO RECENT ACTIVITY EXCEPT FOR ROADWORK.
Comment (Deposit): MILKY WHITE QUARTZ VEINS UP TO 2 FT THICK CUTTING SHALE AND GRANODIORITE. VEINS SEEM TO WEAKEN IN THE GRANODIORITE. STOPING ON VEIN SEGMENTS IN HORNFELS AT THE GRANODIORITE HORNFELS CONTACT; APPEARS TO BE AN IRREGULAR CONTACT. VEIN CONTAINS SPOTS OF TETRAHEDRITE; GREEN CU OXIDES.
Comment (Workings): EXTENSIVE DUMPS, LOWER ADIT, SEVERAL CUTS AND CAVED ADITS.
References
Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V., 1985, FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS
Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, NBMG BULL 89, PL. 1.
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.
