Gayer - Moo Property

Occurrence in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodity Mercury
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040536
MRDS ID M055354
Record type Site
Current site name Gayer - Moo Property
Related records 10295155

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.66069, 40.93628 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position 1 MI. SW OF HARMONY MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Winnemucca East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 35N 38E 01 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ADJOINS PLYMOUTH PROPERTY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Chronological age 15.3
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.66069, 40.93628

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Property In Lower Plate, Upper Plate Harmony Formation, Camb., Sonoma Thrust.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: DIKE CUTS SANDSTONE, GRIT AND QUARTZITE BRECCIA (QUARTZ LATITE DIKE, MIO, CUTS VALMY FORMATION, ORD; GILLULY, 1967)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Harmony District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner James Gayer And R.W. Moo

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    GILLULY, 1967, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WINNEMUCCA QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT AND PERSHING COUNTIES, NEVADA: USGS MAP GQ - 656

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    USBM UNPUB DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WIDE RHYOTE DIKE
Deposit LAST OPERATED 1941 ; INFO.SRC : BAILEY E H

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1974 Bergquist, Joel R. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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