The NBMG Sample Site 3851 is a silver and gold mine located in Churchill county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,580 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: 4,580 Feet (1,396 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 39.26833, -118.32722
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NBMG Sample Site 3851 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: NBMG Sample Site 3851
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: Sand Springs 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: Argillization
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 3851 CONTAINED 3% FE, 0.1% MG, 0.7% CA, 0.07% TI, 70 PPM MN, 1.5 PPM AG, 30 PPM B, 500 PPM BA, 1.5 PPM BE, 15 PPM CR, 70 PPM CU, 50 PPM MO, 5 PPM NI, 10 PPM PB, 5 PPM SC, 200 PPM SR, 50 PPM V, 10 PPM Y, 30 PPM ZR.
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): EQUIPMENT APPEARS TO DATE FROM THE 1930'S
Comment (Deposit): WORKINGS EXPLORE A VEIN IN A FAULT THAT CUTS ALTERED WHITE TUFFS WHICH ARE LOCALLY CUT BY ANDESITE DIKES. THE INCLINE FOLLOWS THE VEIN DOWN DIP AND IS ABOUT 45 FT DEEP. THE ZONE IS A WHITE PUNKY MASS OF ARGILLICALLY ALTERED BROKEN VOLCANIC ROCK CONTAINING MINOR QUARTZ FRAGMENTS AND LITTLE OR NO VISIBLE MINERALIZATION. SAMPLE 3851 WAS TAKEN FROM THE INCLINE DUMPS AND EXPOSED VEIN.
Comment (Workings): AN INCLINED SHAFT AND PROSPECTS, 3 OF WHICH ARE FAIRLY LARGE
References
Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 15 SEP 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG BULL 83, 1974, PL 1.
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.
