NBMG Sample Site 3903

The NBMG Sample Site 3903 is a silver and gold mine located in Churchill county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,931 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: NBMG Sample Site 3903

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

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: Silicification, Argillization

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLE 3903 FROM DUMPS OF QUARTZ WITH SULFIDES CONTAINED: 0.7% FE, 0.07% MG, 70 PPM MN, 5 PPM AG, 500 PPM BA, 1.5 PPM BE, 7 PPM CU, 30 PPM ZR.

Materials

Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Location): 0.25 MILE EAST OF THE GREAT EASTERN CLAIM GROUP; NE OF LITTLE WITCH PATENT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Development): NO ACTIVITY IN 1986

Comment (Deposit): BOLDLY OUTCROPPING SILICIFIED STRUCTURE CUTTING ANDESITE WALL ROCKS. OUTCROP IS SILICIFIED AND IRON-OXIDE STAINED, VUGGY IN PLACES, PARTIALLY LEACHED AND LOCALLY DISPLAYING BOXWORK STRUCTURES. THE FAULT-VEIN MAY BE THE GREAT EASTERN VEIN SYSTEM REFERRED TO BY SCHRADER (1947). THE COUNTRY ROCK IS ANDESITE AND THE VEINS APPEAR TO BE RHYOLITIC IN PART. THE VEIN/ANDESITE CONTACT ZONE HAS BEEN ALTERED IN PART TO A WHITE ARGILLITE.

Comment (Workings): SIZEABLE SHAFT, ADIT

References

Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 25 SEP 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C., 1947, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE CARSON SINK AREA.

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.