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Flower Quicksilver Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Mercury, Antimony, Selenium, Barium-Barite
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040507
MRDS ID M055314
Record type Site
Current site name Flower Quicksilver Mine
Alternate or previous names Duane Group, Kernick Divide Mining Co, Kernick - Duane, Flower - Kernick, Fiorite Group, Logan Bar, William Duane Mine, Bar Group, Spanish Belt Group,, NBMG Sample Site #2034, Flower Mine.
Related records 10125628, 10174191

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.91563, 38.66326 (WGS84)
Elevation 2521
Relative position 2.64 MILES E-SE OF SHOSHONE PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jefferson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Jefferson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Diamond-Monitor Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 010N 045E 33 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • PROPERTY CONSIST OF 11 CLAIMS; WITHIN AN UNSURVEYED AREA APPROXIMATELY .5 MILE NNW OF PEAK 8910, CENTER OF THE NE/4 SECT. 4, T.9N., R.45E.; 1.5 MILE SW OF INTERSECTION OF ANTONE CREEK AND MEADOW CANYON WITHIN A NORTHWEST-TRENDING SUBSIDERY DRAINAGE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF ANTONE CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Selenium Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Cinnabar Ore
Stibnite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification Of Shale Adjacent To Quartz-Stibnite Vein; Oxidation Of Antimony; Argillization Of Gouge Along Thrust.

Analytical data

Result GRAB SAMPLE: 18.60 PERCENT SB, TRACE OF SE, NO AU, NO AG (LAWRENCE, 1963, P. 146). NBMG SAMPLE SITE #2034 WAS TAKEN FROMALONG FAULT TRACE AND CONTAINS 1.5% FE, 0.2% MG, 300PPM MN, 0.1% TI, 1.5 PPM AG, 200 PPM AS, 1000 PPM BA, 1.5 PPM BE, 5 PPM CO, 30 PPM CR, 30 PPM CU, 7 PPM NI, 150 PPM PB, 100 PPM SB, 5 PPM SC, 30 PPM V, 15 PPM Y(T?), 100 PPM ZR(?).

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 180
USGS model code 27d
Deposit model name Simple Sb (veins, pods, etc)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.91563, 38.66326
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Mineralization Occurs Adjacent To A Minor Thrust Fault.

Ore body information

  • Strike N 10 W
    Dip 85 W / 75 E
    Length 9.14M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ROCKS INCLUDE QUARTZITE, PHYLLITE, AND LS INTRUDED BY GRANITE AND OVERLAIN BY RHYOLITE TUFF AND AGGLOMERATE, CINNABAR ALSO IN LOW GRADE PLACERS OF MINE WORKINGS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1908
Discoverer Mrs. Flower
Production years TO 1943

Mining district

District name Barcelona District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Frank Warren Robert And Alma Warren
    First year 1958

Comments on the production information

  • NO ANTIMONY PRODUCTION; AVERAGE GRADE OF ORE MATERIAL IS 7.9-20 FLASKS HG/TON.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES VERY SMALL (1943)

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF 300 FT OF DRIFTS AND SHAFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E. H., U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 41, P. 134-136

  • Deposit

    LAWRENCE, 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 61

  • Deposit

    HOLMES, G.H., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA, IN MERCUY POTENTIAL OF THE U.S.: U.S. BUR. OF MINES, INF. CIRC. 8252, P. 256

  • Deposit

    ANCTIL, R.J. AND MELBYE,C.E.,1965, GEOLOGIC REPORT ON THE WARREN (FLOWER) QUICKSILVER MINE: NBMG FILE 213, ITEM 1.

  • Deposit

    ERVINE, W.B., 1972, THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL ZONING OF THE SPANISH BELT MINING DISTRICT, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA: STANFORD UNIV. PH.D. THESIS, P.129.

  • Deposit

    USBM IC-8252, 256 P.

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 1985, NBMG FIELD/SITE EXAMINATION AND SAMPLING.

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E.H. RYTUBA, J.J. AND JONES, R.B., 1984, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON MERCURY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA (NBMG ?).

  • Production

    USBM UNPUB DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ANTIMONY AREA A FEW HUNDRED FEET NORTH OF QUICKSILVER AREA; BUT WHEN SB AND HG OCCUR TOGETHER, THEY APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN DEPOSITED SIMULTANEOUSLY ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit INTERSECTION OF TWO FAULTS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1975 Gassaway, Judith S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1990 Jones, David A. (Usgs-Mio) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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