The NBMG Sample Site 2609 is a silver mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,299 feet.
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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: 5,299 Feet (1,615 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 41.55944, -117.46111
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NBMG Sample Site 2609 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: NBMG Sample Site 2609
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Spring City District; Paradise Valley District; Mount Rose 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
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Kaolinization, Sericitization Of Rhyolite
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2609 OF BRECCIA FROM CONTACT ZONE CONTAINS 7 % FE, 0.05 % MG, 0.15 & TI, 50 PPM MN, 5 PPM AG, 700 PPM AS, 50 PPM B, 150 PPM BA, 1.5 PPM BE, 20 PPM CR, 100 PPM CU, 7 PPM NI, 10 PPM PB, 5 PPM SC, 100 PPM V, 10 PPM Y, 200 PPM ZN, 150 PPM ZR, AND 0.05 PPM AU (BY AA ANALYSIS).
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Iron
Comments
Comment (Deposit): CONTACT OF RHYOLITE DIKE (TO SW) AND PHYLLITE AND QUARTZITE (TO NE). BRECCIATED PHYLLITE AND QUARTZITE CEMENTED BY SILICA; SOME BRECCIA HAS RHYOLITE MATRIX. RHYOLITE IS KAOLINIZED, SERICITIZED; FRACTURES IN BRECCIA COATED WITH FE-OX-STAINED QUARTZ CRYSTALS. WALLROCK AT SOUTHERN SHAFT IS QUARTZITE, AT NE SHAFT IS PHYLLITE AND CARBONACEOUS SHALE.
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1984.
Comment (Workings): 3 SHALLOW SHAFTS; CUTS.
References
Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J. V., 5 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.
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.
