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Snowdrift Property

Past Producer in Humboldt 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. 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. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040526
MRDS ID M055343
Record type Site
Current site name Snowdrift Property
Alternate or previous names Zilkey Prospect
Related records 10295203

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.43375, 41.37072 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position 30 MILES NNE OF WINNEMUCCA, NEV.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hot Springs Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Osgood Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 040N 040E 03,01,02 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • WEST SIDE OF HOT SPRINGS PEAK; EAST SIDE, TOO.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • OCCURS AS CRYSTALLINE BUNCHES IN CALCITE VEINLETS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 177
USGS model code 27a
Deposit model name Hot-spring Hg

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Havallah Formation;Pumpernickel Formation
    Rock description Havallah Formation;Pumpernickel Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.43375, 41.37072
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thrust Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description 1

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip 45NW

Comments on the geologic information

  • SMALL AMOUNTS OF CINNABAR OCCUR AS CRYSTALLINE BUNCHES IN CALCITE VEINLETS ; GEOL.DESC: ATTITUDE OF SEDIMENTARY ROCKS: NE/45W

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1940

Mining district

District name Poverty Peak District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner N. H. Getchell
    First year 1940
  • Type Owner
    Owner W. O. And R.J. Zilkey

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROBABLY NO RESERVES

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 22.25M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS, ONE 30 FT LONG AND ONE 120 FT LONG ARE DEVELOPED ON THE WEST SIDE OF HOT SPRINGS PEAK JUST BELOW THE SUMM-IT; TRENCHING ALONG ACCESS ROAD; ADIT ON EAST SIDE OF HOT SPRI-NGS PEAK.

Comments on development

  • SNOWDRIFT PROPERTY WAS ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED ON THE NE SLOPE OF HOT SPRINGS PEAK WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF A 73-FT AD-IT. IN 1940, N. H. GETCHELL LEASED THE PROPERTY AND BUILT A RO-AD TO IT. MORE RECENT TRENCHING ALONG THE ACCESS ROAD HAS EXPO-SED ADDITIONAL ORE. 2 ADITS ARE DEVELOPED ON THE WEST SIDE OF -HOT SPRINGS PEAK JUST BELOW THE SUMMIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT CO., NEV; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 59.

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA; NEV. U. BULL. VOL. 38, NO. 5; GEOL & MIN SER. NO. 41

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E. H., RYTUBA, J. J., AND JONES, R. B., 1984, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON NEVADA MERCURY DEPOSITS.

  • Deposit

    JONES, R. B., 29 APR 85, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION

  • Production

    BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SOME EXCEPTIONALLY WELL-FORMED CINNABAR CRYSTALS WERE HAND-SORTED AND SOLD TO MINERAL COLLECTORS. DISCOVERED IN FEB., 1940, AND LEASED TO N.H. GETCHELL WHO BUILT A STEEP ROAD TO THE MAIN ADIT, WHICH EXTENDS 73 FT. INTO THE HILL. ADITS OCCUR BOTH ON EAST AND WEST SIDES OF HOT SPRINGS PEAK.. ROAD NOT PASSABLE IN 1985 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit LARGE CINNABAR CRYSTALS OCCUR IN QUARTZ VEINS WHICH FORM A STOCKWORK IN SANDY LIMESTONE WHICH HAS BEEN SILICIFIED -AND LOCALLY BRECCIATED. SCHUETTEITE OCCURS AS COATINGS ON CINN-ABAR, AND CALCITE RARELY OCCURS IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE VEI-N.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1974 Bergquist, Joel R. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-MAR-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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