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Montgomery Mine

Occurrence in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Mercury, 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. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040310
MRDS ID M055023
Record type Site
Current site name Montgomery Mine
Related records 10125299

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.15486, 40.12212 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position S. END OF HUMBOLDT MTN RANGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buena Vista Hills North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 26N 34E 16,15 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 1500 FT. SE OF THE PERSHING MINE, SE 1/4 SEC. 16

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Metacinnabar Ore
Stibnite Ore
Ankerite Gangue
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result ORE RAN 1-5 LBS HG/TON
Result YIELD OF 16 LB HG/FT

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 177
USGS model code 27a
Deposit model name Hot-spring Hg

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Rock unit name Diabase Dikes
    Rock description Diabase Dikes
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Lower Unit Of Post-Dun Glen Strata, Silty Argillite And Clean Sandstone; Includes Dolomite Bx-Cgl
    Rock description Lower Unit Of Post-Dun Glen Strata, Silty Argillite And Clean Sandstone; Includes Dolomite Bx-Cgl

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.15486, 40.12212
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Relief Fault (Thrust)-N40w ; Reg.Trends: N 40 W
Type of structure Local
Structure description Anticline Trending N60w;

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N60W
    Dip 30S
    Length 12.19M
    Width 0.36M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractured Dolomite And Sandstone; Ne Limb Of Anticline

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE BODIES LARGELY DUE TO THE FILLING OF FRACTURES IN DOLOMITE AND BUFF SANDSTONE BY CINNABAR. SIMUTANEOUS DEPOSITION OF CINNABAR AND STIBNITE. DEPOSITS ARE FOLDED AND FAULTED INTO NW TRENDING RIDGES. SOUTH PART OF AREA-FANGLOMERATE; NORTH-BASALTS. ; GEOL.DESC: SIMULTANEOUS DEPOSITION OF CINNABAR AND STIBNITE ; MAJOR.UNITS: UPPER TRI - LOWER JUR SEDIMENTARY ROCKS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1924
Discoverer N. Adamson (?)
Production years 1929-1931, 1934-1935, 1940-1943

Mining district

District name Antelope Springs

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Utex Exploration Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Stanford Bunce And Roy Haukins
    First year 1965

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION SOMETIMES RECORDED WITH JUNIPER MINE, PERSHING CTY.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 914.4M
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • FLOODED BELOW 80 FT (1942)

Comments on development

  • DEVELOPED IN 1929 BY NEVADA QUICKSILVER CO. WORKED BY VARIOUS LESSEES FROM 1933. IN 1960 THE MINE WAS BEING DRILLED BY UTEX EXPLORATION CO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89

  • Deposit

    BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41, P. 163

  • Deposit

    LAWRENCE, F.C., 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 61, P. 167

  • Deposit

    HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA; USBM 1C 8252, P. 249

  • Production

    USBM UNPUB DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A VEIN 10 TO 14 INCHES WIDE STRIKING N40W AND DIPPING 30 DEGREES SW CONTAINS CINNABAR, STIBNITE AND LIMESTONE FRAGMENTS. THE VEIN IS CONTINUOUS FOR 40 FT. THE VEIN IS LOCALIZED ALONG THE CONTACT OF SANDSTONE AND OVERLYING DOLOMITE, AND CINNABAR FILLS FRACTURES.
Deposit DISCOVERED IN 1924. DEVELOPED IN 1929 BY NEVADA QUICKSILVER CO. WORKED BY VARIOUS LESSEES FROM 1933. IN 1960 THE MINE WAS BEING DRILLED BY UTEX EXPLORATION CO. A VEIN 10 TO 14 INCHES WIDE STRIKING N40W AND DIPPING 30 DEGREES SW CONTAINS CINNABAR, STIBNITE AND BIECCIATED FRAGMENTS OF LIMESTONE. VEIN IS CONTINUOUS FOR 40 FEET. THE HILL THAT CONTAINS THE MME IS DOMINANTLY A BROAD ASYMMETRICAL ANTICLINE WHOSE AXIS TRENDS ABOUT N60 DEGREES W. WITHIN THE ANTICLINE ARE SEVERAL BROKEN ZONES AND FAULTS OF SMALL DISPLACEMENT. THE ORE IS LOCALIZED ALONG THE UPPER CONTACT OF THE SANDSTONE AND IN THE OVERLYING DOLOMITE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1973 Bergquist, Joel R. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-OCT-1980 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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