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Berry Creek Group

Past Producer in Elko 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. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040551
MRDS ID M055370
Record type Site
Current site name Berry Creek Group
Alternate or previous names Liquid Metals, Silverado
Related records 10221941

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.2951, 41.28962 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position 1 - 1/2 MILES WEST OF BATTLE MOUNTAIN , 3 MI SW OF TUSCARORA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Blitzen(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tuscarora(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Owyhee(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 39N 51E 07 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON BERRY CREEK, 1 MILE WEST OF MC CANN CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Barite Gangue
Chalcedony Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.2951, 41.28962
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Nne Trending Shear Zone

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 32 E
    Dip 70 E
    Length 198.12M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: PYRITE AND (?) MARCASITE PRESENT BUT IS SOMEWHAT OLDER THAN HG. BEDDED ANDESITE TUFFS AND FLOWS INTRUDED BY ANDESITE PLUGS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1941
Discoverer J.W. Gainey
Production years TO 1943

Mining district

District name Tuscarora District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Earl Whinery Et Al.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: IN USBM IC 8252

  • Deposit

    NOLAN, 1936, THE TUSCARORA MINING DISTRICT, ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 25

  • Production

    USBM UNPUB DATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1974 Bergquist, Joel R. U.S. Geological Survey

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