The NBMG Sample Site 2764 is a gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,499 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: 6,499 Feet (1,981 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.11667, -116.75667
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NBMG Sample Site 2764 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: NBMG Sample Site 2764
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Ellendale District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Shear Zone; Fractures
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2764 OF IRON-STAINED ALTERED ROCK FROM SMALL INCLINE CONTAINS 3% FE, 0.1% MG, 0.15% CA, 0.3% TI, 50 PPM MN, 10 PPM B, 1500 PPM BA, 20 PPM CR, 20 PPM CU, 30 PPM LA, 20 PPM MO, 70 PPM PB, 5 PPM SC, 1500 PPM SR, 100 PPM V, 10 PPM Y, 200 PPM ZR.
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SMALL PROSPECTS ON NORTH SIDE OF RHYOLITE PLUG ALONG IRON-STAINED SILICIFIED FRACTURES SIMILAR TO AREA AROUND ELLENDALE MINE BUT WITHOUT MINERALIZATION. PROSPECTS ATTEMPT TO EXPOSE CONTACT ZONE ALONG MARGIN OF PLUG.
Comment (Workings): SMALL PROSPECTS AND DOZER CUTS; SMALL INCLINE
Comment (Location): ONE MILE SOUTH OF HIGHWAY #6. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1986.
References
Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 23 MAR 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG BULL 99B, 1984, P. 85-91.
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.
