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Mosier Mine

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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040511
MRDS ID M055320
Record type Site
Current site name Mosier Mine
Alternate or previous names Moser Mercury Mine
Related records 10222078

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.95177, 38.37021 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Relative position 0.7 MILES NE OF CORNELIUS SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eddyville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 006N 036E 14 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.95177, 38.37021
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zone

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralized Fault In Limestone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years TO 1956

Mining district

District name Pilot Mountains District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Carl Moser
    Home office Gardena, Ca..
    First year 1961

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO SHORT INCLINES, SEVERAL SHORT ADITS, AND SMALL TRENCHES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: IN USBM IC 8252

  • Deposit

    ROSS, 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 58

  • Production

    USBM UNPUB DATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1975 Gassaway, Judith S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1981 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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