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Hith Prospect

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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040515
MRDS ID M055325
Record type Site
Current site name Hith Prospect
Alternate or previous names Hitt Mine
Related records 10222110

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.99427, 38.36521 (WGS84)
Elevation 2304
Relative position 0.36 MILES NW OF WARLOCK 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 20 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE BODIES SMALL BUT OF HIGH GRADE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Calcite Gangue
Clay Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Dunlap Formation
    Rock description Dunlap Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.99427, 38.36521
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Bedding Planes, Faults

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike NW
    Dip VERTICAL TO STEEP SW
  • General form IRREGULAR
    Dip VERTICAL TO STEEP SW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Nw Trending Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1929
Discoverer Bert Hitt
Production years TO 1945

Mining district

District name Pilot Mountains District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner K. W. Dunham

Production statistics

  • Year 1957
    Period To 1957
    Material HG
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^3-20 Lb/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Mercury Mercury 5195g/mt

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES VERY SMALL

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO ADITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    PHOENIX AND CATHCART, 1951, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN THE SOUTHERN PILOT MOUNTAINS, MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 973 - D

  • 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

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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