The NBMG Sample Site 2080 is a copper mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,559 feet.
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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: 7,559 Feet (2,304 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 38.55083, -116.87056
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NBMG Sample Site 2080 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: NBMG Sample Site 2080
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Vanadium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Belmont 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: West End Consolidated Mining Co.?
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
Not available
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2080 WAS TAKEN FROM DEEPLY IRON-STAINED SHALE AND CONTAINS 3% FE, 0.1% MG, 1% CA, 0.05% TI, 300 PPM MN, 2 PPM AG, 2000 PPM AS, 30 PPM B, 1500 PPM BA, 1.5 PPM BE, 10 PPM CO, 150 PPM CR, 2000 PPM CU, 20 PPM LA, 70 PPM NI, 50 PPM PB, 100 PPM SB, 500 PPM SR, 300 PPM V, 20 PPM Y, 20 PPM ZR.
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): ONE LARGE SHAFT, PROSPECT PIT ATOP A KNOB, WITH OPEN DOZER CUTS ON SE SIDE OF HILL. HEAD FRAME AND SCREEN ERECTED NEAR PROSPECT PIT.
Comment (Location): ACCESSIBLE BY TWO MILES OF FAIR ROAD SOUTH OF THE MAIN MINED AREA. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): OVER 50 YRS OLD. A NUMBER OF ARTIFACTS IN THE AREA BEAR THE NAME "WESTEND CONSOLIDATED MINING CO, TONOPAH." NO ACTIVITY IN 1985
References
Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 1 OCT 85, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG BULL 99B, 1984
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.
