The NBMG Sample Site 3938 is a lead and silver mine located in Churchill county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,801 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: 5,801 Feet (1,768 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 39.46583, -118.27944
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NBMG Sample Site 3938 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: NBMG Sample Site 3938
Secondary: 1-Mile Claims
Secondary: Mile 1 Lode
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: Mountain Wells District; Laplata 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: S. Chapneys, C. Gardner, And Reynolds, Of Fallon
Years: 1986 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1986
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 3938 CHIPPED FROM VEIN CONTAINS 0.5% FE, 0.07% MG, 0.05% CA, 0.1% TI, 20 PPM MN, 500 PPM BA, 10 PPM CU, 20 PPM MO, 100 PPM PB, 20 PPM V, 50 PPM ZR.
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): ON EAST SIDE OF ELEVENMILE CANYON ABOUT 1.4 MILES ABOVE (NORTH OF) THE RUINS SHOWN ON THE TOPO MAP, SOUTH OF SHAFT AREA. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): ACTIVE CLAIMS STAKED IN AUGUST, 1986.
Comment (Deposit): SMALL QUARTZ STRINGER WITH MINOR SULFIDES; NARROW N-S TRENDING QUARTZ VEINS CONTAIN FINE-GRAINED BLACK SULFIDES
Comment (Workings): SMALL PROSPECT SOUTH OF THE SHAFT AREA.
References
Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK & TINGLEY, J.V., 8 OCT 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.
Reference (Deposit): CHURCHILL COUNTY RECORDER, MINING RECORDS, 1986.
Reference (Deposit): USDI, BLM, 1986, MINING CLAIM 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.
