The NBMG Sample Site 3925 is a silver and gold mine located in Churchill county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,069 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: 5,069 Feet (1,545 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 39.48, -118.08333
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NBMG Sample Site 3925 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: NBMG Sample Site 3925
Secondary: Gold King Group
Secondary: Treasure Hill Claim #1075
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: Perry, Ray A.
Home Office: 1152 St. John Place, Santa Ana, Ca 92705
Years: 1986 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1925
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faults-Gold King Group Fault
Alterations
Not available
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 3925 CONTAINED 0.7% FE, 0.1% MG, 0.1% TI, 50 PPM MN, 1000 PPM AG, 0.85 PPM AY (BY A A ANALYSIS), 15 PPM B, 200 PPM BA, 10 PPM BE, 10 PPM BI, 20 PPM CU, 20 PPM LA, 50 PPM MO, 100 PPM PB, 15 PPM V, 100 PPM ZR.
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Location): ACCESSIBLE ON FOOT NW OF GEIGER GAP; OLD ROAD UP CANYON NO LONGER USABLE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Deposit): WORKINGS FOLLOW AN IRREGULAR-STRIKING VEIN IN AND ALONG THE MAJOR FAULT-VEIN SYSTEM IDENTIFIED BY SCHRADER AS THE GOLD KING GROUP FAULT, IN RHYOLITE. SAMPLE 3925 WAS COLLECTED FROM WITHIN THE STOPE AND FROM THE ASSOCIATED DUMPS, AND CONSISTS OF VUGGY, LIMONITE-STAINED CREAM-COLORED QUARTZ-ADULARIA AND WHITE QUARTZ WITH SILVER SULFIDE SPECKS.
Comment (Workings): OPEN STOPE ABOVE A SMALL CAVED ADIT
Comment (Development): WORKINGS INDICATE SOME SMALL PAST PRODUCTION FROM EARLY 1900'S OR 1930'S. NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1986. STAKED BY ERICKSON'S GROUP IN 1979.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S
References
Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK AND TINGLEY, J.V., 06 OCT 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG BULL 83, 1974, PL 1.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG MINING DISTRICT FILE 21, CLAIM MAPS
Reference (Deposit): USDI, BLM, MINING DISTRICT CLAIM RECORDS AND FILES
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.
