The NBMG Sample Site 2982 is a sulfur, mercury, silver, and antimony mine located in Churchill county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
Elevation:
Commodity: Sulfur, Mercury, Silver, Antimony
Lat, Long: 39.88361, -118.69861
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NBMG Sample Site 2982 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: NBMG Sample Site 2982
Commodity
Primary: Sulfur
Primary: Mercury
Primary: Silver
Primary: Antimony
Location
State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: Lake
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Shear
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Soft & Punky Altered Sediments And Shale; Pulverent Cinn.-Brown Limonite Gossan.
Rocks
Name: Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: NO SB DETECTED
Analytical Data: SB GREATER THAN 200 PPM #2983 1PPM AG
Analytical Data: SAMPLES #2982 & #2983 - NO ANOMALOUS GEOCHEMICAL VALUES APPARENT. #2982 NO AG DETECTED
Materials
Gangue: Sulfur
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Gypsum
Comments
Comment (Geology): CIRCULAR OUTCROP (150' DIAMETER). TWO NBMG SAMPLES TAKEN: 2982 FROM ALTERED BRECCIA MASS, 2983 FROM DUMP
Comment (Deposit): FIELD NOTES FROM J. V. TINGLEY (NBMG), APRIL 15, 1985 ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Development): ACCESS ROADS, DRILL SITES AND 1983 CLAIM NOTICES.
Comment (Workings): TWO SHORT ADITS. RECENT DRILLING ACTIVITY.
References
Reference (Deposit): NBMG SAMPLE SITE 2982; LAKE MINING DISTRICT; CHURCHILL COUNTY, NBMG UNPUBLISHED (TINGLEY) MINING DISTRICT FILES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.
