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Drew Mine

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Mercury, Antimony, Zinc, Gold, Silver
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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. Production statistics
  20. Workings at the site
  21. Links to other databases
  22. Bibliographic references
  23. General comments
  24. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040297
MRDS ID M055008
Record type Site
Current site name Drew Mine
Alternate or previous names Red Devils, Bugg and Drew, Farnham and Drew
Related records 10271234

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.92955, 38.38076 (WGS84)
Elevation 2469
Relative position 0.9 MILES EAST OF CINNABAR SPRING.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bettles Well(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 14 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bindheimite Ore
Calamine Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stibiconite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Olivenite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result ORE WAS RICH. 20 LB ORE.

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) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Jurassic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Interbedded Volcanic Rocks
    Rock description Interbedded Volcanic Rocks
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Dunlap Formation-Shale And Limestone
    Rock description Dunlap Formation-Shale And Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.92955, 38.38076
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Cinnabar Canyon Thrust Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description Lost Steers Thrust Fault

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES AND STRINGERS
    Strike EASTERLY
    Dip 40N
    Plunge WESTERLY

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Replacement Occurs In Limestone Near A Normal 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

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1914
Discoverer H. Farnham And Al Drew
Year of first production 1916
Production years 1916-1917, 1919, 1921, 1930, 1932-1933, 1941-1942

Mining district

District name Pilot Mountains District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Anderson, A. J. And Spencer, L. B.
    First year 1943
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. Emily Phillips

Production statistics

  • Year 1957
    Period To 1957
    Material HG
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^20 Lb/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Mercury Mercury 9035g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION ESTIMATED TO BE 4000 FL

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 36.58M
    Overall depth 68.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • LAST OPERATED 1942. CAVED

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 SHEARS PARALLEL BEDDING PLANES

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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