The NBMG Sample Site 3939 is a molybdenum mine located in Churchill county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,928 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: 5,928 Feet (1,807 Meters)
Commodity: Molybdenum
Lat, Long: 39.45889, -118.27167
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NBMG Sample Site 3939 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: NBMG Sample Site 3939
Commodity
Primary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
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
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
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Kaolinization Of Gouge Zone
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 3939 FROM OUTCROP ABOVE ADIT PORTAL CONTAINS 1.5% FE, 0.2% MG, 0.07% CA, 0.3% TI, 70 PPM MN, 10 PPM B, 1000 PPM BA, 7 PPM CU, 150 PPM MO, 20 PPM PB, 5 PPM SC, 300 PPM SR, 30 PPM V, 150 PPM ZR.
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Clay
Comments
Comment (Location): IN EAST-SIDE TRIBUTARY CANYON TO ELEVENMILE CANYON ABOUT ONE MILE NORTH OF THE RUINS SHOWN ON TOPO MAP ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1986
Comment (Deposit): KAOLINIZED QUARTZ VEIN WITH MINOR IRON STAIN. ADIT WAS DRIVEN ON A 3-4 FT WIDE BAND OF QUARTZ STRINGERS IN A WHITE, PUNKY MASS OF GOUGE OCCUPYING A N-S FAULT ZONE
Comment (Workings): SMALL CAVED ADIT
References
Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, TINGLEY, J.V., NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS, 8 OCT 86.
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.
