NBMG Sample Site 3899

The NBMG Sample Site 3899 is a silver and gold mine located in Churchill county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,341 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: NBMG Sample Site 3899
Secondary: Marie Group
Secondary: Treasure Hill Claim #1131

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold

Location

State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: Wonder 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

Owner Name: Lowell Garr Merrill (Trust)
Home Office: 3065 Circle Way, Ogden, Ut 84403,
Years: 1986 -

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

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillization, Silicification

Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLE 3899 OF QUARTZ MATERIAL FROM SHEARS EXPOSED IN PROSPECTS CONTAINS 1% FE, 0.07% MG, 0.15% TI, 30 PPM MN, 30 PPM AG, 500 PPM BA, 1 PPM BE, 7 PPM CU, 100 PPM MO, 50 PPM PB, 10 PPM V, 70 PPM ZR, AND 0.45 PPM AU (BY A A ANALYSIS).

Materials

Gangue: Iron
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Deposit): WORKINGS ARE ALONG THE MARIE-RUBY FAULT-VEIN SYSTEM IDENTIFIED EARLIER BY SCHRADER (1947) AND ARE ALL IN WONDER RHYOLITE. A HALF DOZEN OF THE PROSPECTS ARE PITS AND SHALLOW WORKINGS THAT FOLLOW EXPOSED SILICIFIED, OXIDIZED IRON-STAINED AND LEACHED PORTIONS OF THE VEIN. SAMPLE 3899 WAS COLLECTED FROM THE DUMPS ASSOCIATED WITH THE WORKINGS. LOCALLY THERE ARE DIKES OF DARKER BUT MORE STRONGLY ALTERED ANDESITE (?).

Comment (Workings): MOSTLY PROSPECT PITS AND MINOR SHALLOW WORKINGS

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Development): WORKINGS APPEAR TO DATE FROM THE YEARS OF THE 1907-1908 EXPLORATION, STAKED IN 1979 BY ERIKSON'S GROUP.

References

Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 24 SEP 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS

Reference (Deposit): NBMG BULL 83, 1974, PL. 1

Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C., 1947, UNPUBLICHED REPORT ON THE CARSON SINK AREA.

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.