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Stockton Property

Past Producer in Mineral 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040510
MRDS ID M055318
Record type Site
Current site name Stockton Property
Related records 10270814

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.4679, 39.01797 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676
Relative position 4 MI. W OF RAWHIDE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rawhide(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fallon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Walker(hydrologic unit)

Walker(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013N 031E 01 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON BLACK EAGLE HILL, 400 YDS W. OF BLACK EAGLE MINE; LOCATION TO QUARTER CORNER; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = RAWHIDE (1980) 1:24000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Opalitization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Intermediate Volcanic Rocks
    Rock description Intermediate Volcanic Rocks

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.4679, 39.01797
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike HORIZONTAL
    Dip 0

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1929
Production years TO 1958

Mining district

District name Regent District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner W. W. Stockton

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 50.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • 165-FOOT ADIT TRENDING S 30 E INTO THE HILL.

Comments on development

  • IN 1929 A SMALL AMOUNT OF WORK DONE BY BOB OILEE MINING CO. OF SAN FRANCISCO BY 1943 PROPERTY WAS IDLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSS, D.C, 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADAF NBMG BULL. 58

  • Deposit

    BAILEY & PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 41

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES

  • Production

    USBM UNPUB DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CINNABAR IN RHYOLITE TUFF WHERE IT IS ALTERED TO OPALITE. THE CINNABAR FORMS VERY NARROW VEINLETS AND CLOTS IN THE FRESH TUFF.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1975 Gassaway, Judith S. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-MAY-1981 Royse, Sue E. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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