The NBMG Sample Site 3854 is a silver mine located in Churchill county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,701 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: 4,701 Feet (1,433 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 39.26639, -118.32167
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NBMG Sample Site 3854 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: NBMG Sample Site 3854
Commodity
Primary: Silver
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
Deposit Type: Vein
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
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 3854 CONTAINED 1.5% FE, 0.15% MG, 0.07% CA, 0.15% TI, 70 PPM MN, 3 PPM AG, 10 PPM B, 500 PPM BA, 1 PPM BE, 50 PPM CR, 15 PPM CU, 5 PPM MO, 7 PPM NI, 5 PPM SC, 30 PPM V, 30 PPM ZR.
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): HALF A MILE SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50; NO ROAD ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): AREA STAKED BUT NO PAPER WAS FOUND; NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1986.
Comment (Deposit): PROSPECTS IN VOLCANICS NEAR CONTACT WITH OLDER SEDIMENTARY ROCKS. WORKINGS FOLLOW A SW-TRENDING STRUCTURE WITH IRREGULAR STRIKE. SAMPLE 3854 WAS CHIPPED FROM A QUARTZ VEIN WITH BRECCIA, SOME MASSIVE VUGGY QUARTZ AND SULFIDES.
Comment (Workings): LINE OF OPEN CUTS
References
Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 15 SEP 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.
Reference (Deposit): NEVADA BUREAU MINES & GEOL. 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.
