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Steamboat Springs Mine

Past Producer in Washoe county in Nevada, United States with commodities Mercury, Silica, Gold, Silver, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040460
MRDS ID M055253
Record type Site
Current site name Steamboat Springs Mine
Related records 10198404

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.75933, 39.38518 (WGS84)
Elevation 1478

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 020E 32 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION SW/4 NE/4

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Metacinnabar Ore
Cristobalite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sulfur Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.75933, 39.38518
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DISSEMINATED

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Hot Springs

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: HOT WATER AND HYDROGEN SULFIDE GAS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875
Year of first production 1877
Production years 1929 - 1932, 1968

Mining district

District name Steamboat Springs District

Production statistics

  • Year 1957
    Period To 1957
    Material HG
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^3-4 Lb/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Mercury Mercury 1581g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • A FEW ADDITIONAL FL PRODUCED IN 1968, NOT INCLUDED IN G7

Comments on the workings information

  • ITEM M15 REFERS TO HG PRODUCTION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HOT SPRINGS WATER ALSO CONTAINS DETECTABLE AMOUNTS OF MERCURY ; 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.

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