| Deposit ID | 10040533 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M055349 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Disaster Peak Property |
| Alternate or previous names | Nevada Cinnabar Group, Bretchell Mercury Deposit. |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.14933, 41.96794 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1753 |
| Relative position | 22 MILES WEST OF MC DERMITT |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Humboldt(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Disaster Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Denio(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Vya(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Quinn(hydrologic unit)
Black Rock Desert(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Humboldt |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 047N | 039E | 10 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mercury | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cinnabar | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Chalcedony | Gangue |
| Gypsum | Gangue |
| Opal | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 177 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 27a |
| Deposit model name | Hot-spring Hg |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| (1) | -118.14933, 41.96794 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Mc Dermitt Caldera Collapse Structure |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Two North - Trending Faults |
| General form | BLANKET |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1939 |
| Discoverer | Stive Crutcharray And P. Apesteguy |
| Year of first production | 1940 |
| Production years | TO 1942 |
| District name | Disaster District; Disaster Peak District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Harry Bretchel And G.F. Schaefer |
| Year | 1940 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1940 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | ORE HG | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^1 Lb/Ton Hg | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 38.1M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M055349 |
BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA; UNIV. NEV. BULL. VOL 38, NO. 5; MIN. SER 41.
YATES, R.G., 1942; QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE OPALITE DISTRICT, MALHEUR CO. ORE, HUMBOLDT CO., NEV: USGS. BULL 931-N.
BENSON, W.T., 1956, INVESTIGATION OF MERCURY DEPOSITS IN NEVADA AND MALHEUR CO., ORE; USBM. REPT. INV. 5285.
BENSON, W.T., 1956
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DISCOVERED IN 1939; OWNED IN 1944 BY HARRY BRETCHELLAND G.F. SCHAEFER. IT WAS ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED IN 1940 AND 1941 BY STIVE CRUTCHARRAY AND P. APESTEGUY. DEVELOPMENT CONSISTED OF A NE-TRENDING, 95-FT ADIT AND A 32-FT ADIT 25 FT. ABOVE, NINE UNPATENTED LODE CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Deposit | NINE UNPATENTED LODE CLAIMS |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1972 | Bergquist, Joel R. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-FEB-1981 | La Pointe D.D. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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