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Reward Mine

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Mercury, Copper, Antimony
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040294
MRDS ID M055005
Record type Site
Current site name Reward Mine
Alternate or previous names Kane, Leighton Cinnabar, Sommerfield and Thompson, Red Top
Related records 10271200

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.96622, 38.36326 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Relative position IN DUNLAP CANYON, JUST SW OF CORNELIUS SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eddyville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 006N 036E 16 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Copper Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Malachite Ore
Stibnite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Replacement

Analytical data

Result YIELD OF 89 LB HG PER FT OF WORKINGS

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 175
USGS model code 26c
Deposit model name Barite-fluorite veins

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Luning Formation
    Rock description Luning Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.96622, 38.36326
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thrust Faults ; Reg.Trends: Northerly
Type of structure Local
Structure description Northerly Trending Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NORTHERLY
    Dip 55 W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Rolls On Footwall Side Of Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • TRIASSIC SEDIMENTARY AND VOLCANIC ROCKS WERE FOLDED AND THRUST FAULTED IN EARLY JURASSIC. THESE ARE OVERLAIN AND INTRUDED BY TERT ANDESITE AND RHYOLITE. SUBSEQUENT NORMAL FAULTING. ; MAJOR.UNITS: MESOZOIC SEDIMENTARY ROCKS ; GEOL.DESC: ATTITUDE OF SEDIMENTARY ROCKS: N 50 E/55 N

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1914
Discoverer H. H. Leighton And J. T. Kane (1928)
Year of first production 1929
Production years 1914, 1928-1937, 1939-1942

Mining district

District name Pilot Mountains District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner D. Grey Et. Al.
    First year 1943
  • Type Owner
    Owner R. D. Canavan

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MAY BE MODERATE RESERVES (1943)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 137.16M
    Overall depth 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO ADITS.

Comments on development

  • 45 TON ROTARY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES

  • Deposit

    BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41

  • Deposit

    ROSS, 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 58

  • Deposit

    PHOENIX AND CATHCART, 1951, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN THE SOUTHERN PILOT MOUNTAINS, MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 973 - D

  • Production

    USBM UNPUB DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IS DISSEMINATED ALONG ROLLS ON FOOTWALL SIDE OF FAULT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1975 Gassaway, Judith S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1981 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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