The NBMG Sample Site 3855 is a uranium mine located in Churchill county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,501 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: 4,501 Feet (1,372 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 39.34944, -118.32611
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NBMG Sample Site 3855 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: NBMG Sample Site 3855
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
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: Sedimentary
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: BEDDED
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Lake Sediments
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 3855 CONTAINED 2% FE, 0.5% MG, 1% CA, 0.3% TI, 300 PPM MN, 100 PPM B, 300 PPM BA, 2 PPM BE, 10 PPM CO, 15 PPM CR, 7 PPM CU, 20 PPM LA, 5 PPM MO, 10 PPM NI, 10 PPM PB, 7 PPM SC, 300 PPM SR, 100 PPM V, 50 PPM Y, 150 PPM ZR.
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): DOZER CUTS PROSPECTED TERTIARY LAKE-BED SEDIMENTS BY DOZING INTO RESISTANT CLAY MEMBERS AND TUFF MEMBERS. MINOR CU OXIDES PRESENT
Comment (Workings): DOZER CUTS
Comment (Location): ACCESSIBLE BY ROAD ON WEST SIDE OF DIXIE VALLEY ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): OLD STAKES, NO PAPER. APPEARS TO DATE FROM 1970'S
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.
