NBMG Sample Sites 3866 and 3867

The NBMG Sample Sites 3866 and 3867 is a lead, zinc, copper, and silver mine located in Churchill county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,659 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: NBMG Sample Sites 3866 and 3867
Secondary: Area of Old Henderson Claims

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Manganese

Location

State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: Sand Springs 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: C. W. Henderson
Home Office: Fallon
Years: 1980 -

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

Type: L
Description: Shears

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Chloritization Of Granite

Rocks

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLE 3866 CONTAINED 2% FE, 0.3% MG, 0.15% CA, 0.2% TI, 5000 PPM MN, 10 PPM AG, 10 PPM B, 1000 PPM BA, 1 PPM BE, 50 PPM BI, 10 PPM CO, 2000 PPM CU, 20 PPM LA, 20 PPM MO, 3000 PPM PB, 150 PPM SR, 100 PPM V, + 10000 PPM ZN, 100 PPM ZR. SAMPLE 3867 CONTAINED 7% FE, 0.7% MG, 0.05% CA, 0.1% TI, 150 PPM MN, 3 PPM AG, 700 PPM BA, 1 PPM BE, 10 PPM BI, 150 PPM CU, 100 PPM PB, 200 PPM SR, 100 PPM V, 30 PPM ZR.

Materials

Ore: Hematite

Comments

Comment (Location): ON NORTH SIDE OF CHUKAR CANYON. UTM IS FOR SAMPLE SITE 3866. UTM FOR SAMPLE SITE 3867 IS N 4339720 E 384160. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Development): AREA WAS STAKED IN 1976 AND AGAIN IN 1980 BY C.W. HENDERSON OF FALLON; CLAIMS NOW INVALID; NO ACTIVITY WHEN EXAMINED IN 1986.

Comment (Deposit): PROSPECTING HAS OCCURRED ALONG MARGINS OF DIKES WHICH CUT GRANITE. SAMPLE 3866 IS FROM A SMALL ADIT (15 FT LONG) AND INCLINE WHICH CUTS A N 65 E, 55 NW SHEAR ZONE, ALTERED, IN GRANITE. LIMITED MINERALIZATION ALSO FOLLOWS FRACTURES OUT INTO THE COUNTRY ROCK. THE SAMPLE WAS COLLECTED FROM THE DUMPS AND CHIPPED FROM THE EXPOSED VEIN AND CONSISTED OF MINOR COPPER AND YELLOW GREEN OXIDES COATING BASE METAL SULFIDES. A SHORT DISTANCE TO THE NORTHEAST, A SMALL PROSPECT EXPLORES A NW-TRENDING STRUCTURE NEAR A PARALLEL ANDESITE DIKE. THE WORKINGS ARE ON THE OLD HENDERSON CLAIMS. SAMPLE 3867, TAKEN FROM THE EXPOSED VEIN WAS PRIMARILY MASSIVE HEMATITE AND MINOR BASE METAL SULFIDES.

Comment (Workings): SMALL ADIT, INCLINE AND PROSPECTS

References

Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 17 SEP 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

Reference (Deposit): NBMG BULL 83, 1974, PL. 1.

Reference (Deposit): USDI, BLM, MINING CLAIM RECORDS.

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.