The NBMG Sample Site 4321 is a lead, zinc, and silver mine located in Washoe county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,732 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: 5,732 Feet (1,747 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Zinc, Silver
Lat, Long: 39.31722, -119.76694
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NBMG Sample Site 4321 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: NBMG Sample Site 4321
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Washoe
District: Galena
Land Status
Not available
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
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Walker Lane Fault System
Type: L
Description: Shear Zone
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Fe-Oxide Staining
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Geology): PENDANT OF METAMORPHIC ROCK IN PLUTON. BONHAM (ORAL COMM., 8 OCT/91) SUGGESTS HOST IS GRANODIORITE RATHER THAN GRANITE. QUADE ET AL MENTION LENSES AND VEINS OF VUGGY QUARTZ, UP TO 1 FT. THICK, CARRYING CLOTS OF PYRITE AND SPARSE GALENA IN SHEAR ZONE.
Comment (Location): 2 MILES EAST OF WASHOE CITY
Comment (Workings): ADITS AND CUTS EXTENDING FROM CANYON TO HILLTOP, FOLLOWING SHEAR ZONE
References
Reference (Deposit): QUADE, J.A., TINGLEY, J.V., AND GARSIDE, L.J., 1990, MINERAL RESOURCE INVENTORY, BLM CARSON CITY DISTRICT, NEVADA, APPENDIX A, MINES, PROSPECTS, AND OCCURRENCES, NBMG OPEN-FILE REPT. 90-2, P.288
Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H., 1991, ORAL COMM., NBMG, 8 OCT/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.
