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Container Mine

Past Producer in Esmeralda 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. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  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 10040548
MRDS ID M055366
Record type Site
Current site name Container Mine
Related records 10271075

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.25316, 37.86021 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Relative position 3.7 MILES SE OF KENNEDY POINT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boundary Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Benton Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(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

Inyo National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001S 033E 13 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Barite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.25316, 37.86021
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Thrust Fault And A Ne Trending Normal Fault

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciated Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IN ROOF PENDANT OF METAMORPHIC ROCKS ; GEOL.DESC: ORE IN ROOF PENDANT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1927
Production years 1927, 1941

Mining district

District name Fish Lake Valley District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Lee Pitts

Production statistics

  • Year 1957
    Period To 1957
    Material HG
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^3-5 Lb/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Mercury Mercury 1807g/mt

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • VISIBLE RESERVES VERY LOW, 1943

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO ADITS CONNECTED BY A SHAFT, A SMALL GLORY HOLE, SEVERAL OPEN PITS, TRENCHES, AND TWO SHORTADITS.

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

    ALBERS AND STEWART, 1972, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF ESMERALDA COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 78

  • Deposit

    ROBINSON AND CROWDER, 1973, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DAVIS MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, ESMERALDA AND MINERAL COUNTIES, NEVADA AND MONO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: USGS MAP GQ - 1078.

  • Deposit

    5) HOLMES, G.W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: USBM IC 8252

  • Production

    USBM UNPUB DATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1975 Gassaway, Judith S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-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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Authoritative Nevada resources

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