The NBMG Sample Site 3943 is a molybdenum and silver mine located in Churchill county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,499 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: 5,499 Feet (1,676 Meters)
Commodity: Molybdenum, Silver
Lat, Long: 39.43639, -118.27000
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NBMG Sample Site 3943 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: NBMG Sample Site 3943
Secondary: Short Day Claims
Commodity
Primary: Molybdenum
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Bismuth
Location
State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: Mountain Wells District; Laplata 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: Richard Fisk, Laplata Gold Mines
Years: 1986 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1976
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Porphyry Mo, low-F
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Felsic Volcanic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Felsic Volcanic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 3943 CHIPPED FROM OUTCROP OF VEIN MATERIAL, CONTAINS 2% FE, 0.15% MG, 0.05% CA, 0.15% TI, 30 PPM MN, 20 PPM AG, 30 PPM B, 500 PPM BA, 3 PPM BE, 200 PPM BI, 30 PPM CU, 50 PPM MO, 5 PPM NI, 200 PPM PB, 200 PPM SR, 30 PPM V, 50 PPM ZR.
Materials
Ore: Molybdenite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Sericite
Comments
Comment (Location): ON RIDGE SW OF ELEVENMILE CANYON ABOUT 0.6 MILE BELOW RUINS SHOWN ON TOPO MAP ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): ACTIVE CLAIMS IN 1986, NEARBY RECENT ROAD BUILDING AND DRILLING
Comment (Deposit): OUTCROP OF QUARTZ VEINS IN FELSITE/GRANITE, WITH MOLYBDENITE?, SERICITE, RED HEMATITE. ROAD CUT EXPOSES A SERIES OF PARALLEL QUARTZ VEINS AND APLITE DIKES CUTTING GRANITE AND FELSITE. WALL ROCK IS SERICITIZED AND STAINED RED WITH HEMATITE. PHELPS DODGE CORP'S DRILL HOLE LP-6, TOTAL DEPTH 690 FT, COLLARED IN "GRIESEN", PENETRATED BIOTITE GRANITE, ANDESITE, ENDED IN SCHIST. HOLE AVERAGED 21 PPM MO WITH HIGHEST VALUE 95 PPM MO.
Comment (Workings): PROSPECT, DRILL ROADS, PAD, ROTARY DRILL HOLE.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: STAKED 1976
References
Reference (Deposit): PHELPS DODGE PRIVATE REPORT
Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK & TINGLEY, J.V., 9 OCT 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS
Reference (Deposit): USDI, BLM, 1986 MINING CLAIM RECORDS.
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.
