The NBMG Sample Site 2820 is a silver and gold mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,479 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,479 Feet (1,670 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 40.45417, -118.79111
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NBMG Sample Site 2820 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: NBMG Sample Site 2820
Secondary: Part of Fairview Group?
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Seven Troughs 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: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Intense Bleaching And Chertification, Opalization.
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2820 OF OPALIZED SULFIDE-BEARING MATERIAL FROM THE DUMP CONTAINS 5 % FE, 1 % MG, 2 % CA, 0.1 % TI, 500 PPM MN, 2 PPM AG, 20 PPM B, 1500 PPM BA, 1 PPM BE, 50 PPM CR, 10 PPM CU, 7 PPM MO, 7 PPM NI, 20 PPM PB, 5 PPM SC, 100 PPM SR, 30 PPM V, 15 PPM Y, 100 PPM ZR, AND 1.3 PPM AU (BY AA ANALYSIS).
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): SHAFT AND OTHER WORKINGS
Comment (Deposit): WORKINGS ARE ON A MAJOR FAULT ZONE WITH INTENSE BLEACHING AND ALTERATION INCLUDING CHERTIFICATION AND ALTERATION.
Comment (Location): ABOUT 0.6 MILE NNE OF MAIN FAIRVIEW MINE WORKINGS. . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): AREA JUST TO SOUTH WAS STAKED IN 1906 WITH MORE STAKING, SAMPLING, MAPPING, AND DRILLING AND TRENCHING DONE 1984.
References
Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 6 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M. G., 1977, NBMG BULL 89.
Reference (Deposit): MINE SEARCH ANNUAL, 1984-1985, VOL VII, P. 222-224; METALS ECONOMICS GROUP, BOULDER, CO.
Reference (Deposit): PRESS CLIPPINGS, 1984-1985.
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.
