The NBMG Sample Site 3947 is a silver, copper, and molybdenum mine located in Churchill county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,558 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,558 Feet (1,999 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Copper, Molybdenum
Lat, Long: 39.44222, -118.27861
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NBMG Sample Site 3947 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: NBMG Sample Site 3947
Secondary: Short Day Claim Area
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Molybdenum
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Antimony
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Bismuth
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
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Kaolinization And Sericitization Of Wall Rock
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 3947 OF VEIN MATERIAL CONTAINS 0.7% FE, 0.02% MG, 0.5% CA, 0.007% TI, 100 PPM MN, 700 PPM AG, 20 PPM BA, 700 PPM BI, 7000 PPM CU, 200 PPM MO, 1000 PPM PB, 1500 PPM SB, 10 PPM V, 300 PPM ZN.
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): IN TRIBUTARY CANYON TO ELEVEN MILE CANYON, ABOUT 0.4 MILE BELOW (SE OF) BLACK KNOB SPRING ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Deposit): MAIN ADIT WAS DRIVEN IN METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS NEAR THEIR CONTACT WITH GRANITE. MOST OF THE DUMP MATERIAL IS GRANITE.
Comment (Workings): ADIT IN ROAD; SEVERAL ADITS AND PROSPECT PITS
Comment (Development): NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN OCT., 1986. THIS AREA IS WITHIN CLAIMS FORMERLY HELD AND EXPLORED BY FREEPORT EXPLORATION AND LATER BY PHELPS DODGE CORP, WHOSE ACTIVITY CONSISTED OF ROAD-BUILDING, GEOCHEMICAL SAMPLING AND SOME ROTARY DRILLING.
References
Reference (Deposit): PHELPS DODGE DATA
Reference (Deposit): NBMG BULL 83, 1974, PL. 1.
Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK & TINGLEY, J.V., 9 OCT 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.
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.
