Berg Claims

The Berg Claims is a zinc mine located in Churchill county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,551 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

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Site Name

Primary: Berg Claims
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 3800
Secondary: West Side Mines In Part
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 3873.

Commodity

Primary: Zinc
Tertiary: Cadmium
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Niobium (Columbium)
Tertiary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Beryllium
Tertiary: Bismuth
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Calcium
Tertiary: Titanium, Metal
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Boron-Borates

Location

State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: Chalk Mountain 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

Owner Name: Clyde Berg And Earth Energy, Inc.
Years: 1986 -

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: Polymetallic replacement

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLE 3800 OF GOSSAN-LIKE MATERIAL WITH STRONG IRON OXIDE, HEMIMORPHITE, CONTAINS 1.5% FE, 3% MG, 5% CA, 0.03% TI, 700 PPM MN, 15 PPM AG, 70 PPM B, 1-5 PPM BE, 10 PPM BI, 100 PPM CD, 50 PPM CU, 150 PPM MO, 1 PPM NB, 3000 PPM PB, 30 PPM V, 50 PPM W, + 10000 PPM ZN.

Materials

Ore: Hemimorphite
Gangue: Epidote

Comments

Comment (Location): WEST SIDE OF CHALK MOUNTAIN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Workings): SHAFTS, ADITS, AND PROSPECT; FAIRLY SHALLOW AND MOSTLY CAVED

Comment (Development): CLAIMS LOCATED AT VARIOUS TIMES FROM 1964 TO 1974, AU ASSESSMENT WORK CURRENT, AS OF 1986.

Comment (Deposit): WORKINGS ARE ALONG IRREGULAR GOSSAN-LIKE HIGHLY IRON-STAINED FISSURES IN LIMESTONE. THE VEINS ARE COMMONLY POROUS AND HIGHLY OXIDIZED WITH LITTLE VISIBLE MINERALIZATION. THE LIMESTONE ZONE FORMS AN E-W TREND BISECTING CHALK MOUNTAIN, AND EXCEPT FOR A MINOR FELSITE CONTACT ON THE WEST END, IT IS IN CONTINUOUS CONTACT WITH TRIASSIC DOLOMITE OVER ITS ENTIRE EXPOSED MARGIN. SOME OF THE EXPOSED VEINS ARE ALONG THE MARGIN OF THE CONTACT ZONE.

References

Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, TINGLEY, J., 22 SEP 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

Reference (Deposit): USDI, BLM, 1986, MINING CLAIM FILES AND RECORDS

Reference (Deposit): NBMG BULL 83, 1974, 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.