| Deposit ID | 10040480 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M055284 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Paymaster Prospect |
| Alternate or previous names | Black Knob Mine, Dewitz and Dingee |
| Related records | 10174203 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.2368, 40.21462 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1463 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pershing(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Buffalo Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Carson Desert(hydrologic unit)
Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)
Central Lahontan(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Pershing |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 027N | 033E | 13,14 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mercury | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cinnabar | Ore |
| Ankerite | Gangue |
| Dolomite | Gangue |
| Model code | 177 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 27a |
| Deposit model name | Hot-spring Hg |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| (1) | -118.2368, 40.21462 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Shear Zone |
| General form | DISSEMINATED |
|---|---|
| Strike | N25-45W |
| Dip | S650NE |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1930 |
| District name | Black Knob District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M055284 |
JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89
BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL: 41
HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: IN USBM IC 8252
WALLACE, ET AL., 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF BUFFALO MTN. QUAD, PERSHING AND CHURCHILL COUNTIES, NEVADA; USGS MAP GQ-821
HMES
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | PROPERTY WAS DEVELOPED IN 1929-1932 BUT NEVER REACHED THE PRODUCTIVE STAGE. MAIN WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 50-FT. INCLINED SHAFT AND SEVERAL SMALL TRENCHES ALONG A SINGLE ZONE. ROCKS IN THE VICINITY OF THE WORKINGS CONSIST OF BEDS OF LIMESTONE BRECCIA, AND CONGLOMERATE. LIMESTONE OVERLAIN BY A GENTLY INCLINED BASALT FLOW. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Deposit | CINNABAR OCCURS AS DISSEMINATED CRYSTALS IN LIMESTONE CLOSE TO THE SHEAR PLANE |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1974 | 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 |
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