NBMG Sample Location 1441

The NBMG Sample Location 1441 is a zinc, lead, and silver mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,201 feet.

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Mine Info

Name: NBMG Sample Location 1441  

State:  Nevada

County:  Lincoln

Elevation: 7,201 Feet (2,195 Meters)

Commodity: Zinc, Lead, Silver

Lat, Long: 37.89389, -114.60139

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NBMG Sample Location 1441 MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: NBMG Sample Location 1441


Commodity

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


Location

State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Comet District


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic replacement


Orebody

Form: TABULAR


Structure

Type: L
Description: Fractures


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification


Rocks

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLE 1441 CONTAINS 10% FE, GREATER THAN 5000 PPM MN, 100 PPM AG, 50 PPM BA, 100 PPM CD, 200 PPM CU, 10000 PPM PB, 200 PPM SB, 200 PPM SR, GREATER THAN 10000 PPM ZN.


Materials

Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Specularite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Rhodochrosite


Comments

Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE.

Comment (Deposit): OF GALENA, SPHALERITE, SPECULARITE, OXIDIZED PYRITE, AND ABUNDANT FE AND MN OXIDES WITHIN A MANGANOSIDERITE-CALCITE-QUARTZ GANGUE. ROCKS ARE HEAVY AND SILICIFIED, AND EUHEDRAL CRYSTALLINE QUARTZ LI

Comment (Workings): SERIES OF SHORT ADITS, PROSPECTS AND SHAFTS ALONG VEIN STRUCTURE. LOWER ADIT IS 10-12 FT DEEP, TRENDS S70E. LARGEST WORKING IS ABOVE SAMPLED ADIT, TRENDS SE, INCLINED SHAFT ABOUT 30 FT DEEP. BULLDOZING, TRENCHING DONE RECENTLY. OLD CABIN OF HAND-HEWN LIMESTONE BLOCKS BELOW WORKINGS

Comment (Development): RECENT (WITHIN YEAR PRIOR TO AUG 1983) SCRAPING AND TRENCHING WITH BULLDOZER. ROAD TO CABIN IS EXTENSIVELY BULLDOZED. DOZING MAY BE IN PREPARATION FOR DRILLING; UPPER ROADS NOT VISITED; POSSIBLY DRILL SITES.

Comment (Deposit): SHORT ADIT FOLLOWS AN OXIDIZED SULFIDE REPLACEMENT VEIN IN THICK-BEDDED (1-FT BEDS) TO MASSIVE LIMESTONE BEDS. UPPER ADIT IS IN BOLD CARBONATE, OUTCROP. AT LOWER ADIT, THE HOST LIMESTONE IS A MEDIUM GREY SUGARY SLIGHTLY DOLOMITIC (SILICIFIED?) LIMESTONE CONTAINING ALGAL STRUCTURES AND FOSSIL FRAGMENTS. NEAR VEIN, FOSSIL REMNANTS ARE REPLACED BY CALCITE OR IRON OXIDES. VEIN IS WELL-EXPOSED AT LOWER AND UPPER PORTALS. THE "VEIN" OR ALTERED FRACTURE (FISSURE) ZONE IS ABOUT 3-5 FT WIDE, STRIKING N 70 W AT LOWER WORKING TO E-W AT UPPER WORKING. ALTERED LIMESTONE WITHIN ZONE IS SILICIFIED AND CONTAINS ABUNDANT FE AND MN OXIDES. REPLACEMENT APPEARS TO HAVE TAKEN PLACE ALONG SEVERAL VERTICAL FRACTURES OR FISSURES AT A HIGH ANGLE TO THE BEDDING. THE ALTERED ROCK WITHIN THE ZONE SHOWS GOSSANY HONEYCOMB BOXWORKS AND IRREGULAR PODS AND VEINS OF COARSE CALCITE/SIDERITE, QUARTZ AND MANGANOSIDERITE. SAMPLE 1441 WAS COLLECTED FROM OUTCROP AT PORTAL AND CONSISTS OF REPLACEMENT ORE WITH IRREGULAR CLOTS


References

Reference (Deposit): BENTZ, J. AND SMITH, P., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT, AUG. 27, 1983.

Reference (Deposit): FITCH, D.C., 1964, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COMET DISTRICT, LINCOLN CO., NEV; UNIV. OF NEW MEXICO MS. THESIS, P. 83-85.


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