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Wheeler Ranch Prospect

Occurrence in Washoe county in Nevada, United States with commodity Mercury
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040458
MRDS ID M055251
Record type Site
Current site name Wheeler Ranch Prospect
Related records 10150208

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.84712, 39.45961 (WGS84)
Elevation 1603
Relative position 7 MI S OF REND

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Rose NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Truckee(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Washoe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 018N 019E 04 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Chalcedony Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Jarosite Gangue
Mercury Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Kate Peak Formation
    Rock description Kate Peak Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.84712, 39.45961
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875
Discoverer John Poe
Production years TO 1940

Mining district

District name Unnamed District

Comments on the production information

  • HOLMES INDICATED A SMALL PRODUCTION BETWEEN 1875 AND 1940

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROBABLY NO RESERVES

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 79.25M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CAVED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EXPLORATION UNDERWAY IN 1966. ; INFO.SRC : BAILEY E H

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1975 Gassaway, Judith S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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