| Deposit ID | 10040583 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M055408 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Camera Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Tempo Claims Cover the Area, NBMG Sample Site 2672, Patrick Claims |
| Related records | 10198078 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.59262, 40.27573 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1951 |
| Relative position | NE OF EUREKA MINE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pershing(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Needle Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Fish Creek Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Dixie Valley(hydrologic unit)
Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)
Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 | Pershing |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 028N | 039E | 28 | NW OF NE | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mercury | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cinnabar | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Result | SAMPLE 2672 |
|---|
| Model code | 104 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 25a |
| Deposit model name | Hot-spring Au-Ag |
| Mark3 model number | 45 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Natchez Pass Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Natchez Pass Formation | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -117.59262, 40.27573 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Shear Zone |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N60W |
| Dip | 50SW |
| Length | 91.44M |
| Width | 9.14M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1956 |
| Discoverer | J. G. Buchanan, W. J. Dyer, R. G. Richter |
| District name | Mount Tobin District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Campbell, Lyle (Has The Tempo Claims Which Cover This Area.) |
| First year | 1969 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M055408 |
JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89
TINGLEY, J. V., 19 JUN 85, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.
NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.
BAILEY, E. H., RYTUBA, J. J. AND JONES, R. B., 1984,UNPUBLISHED DATA ON HG DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SHEAR ZONE. BRECCIA ZONE IN SILICIFIED LIMESTONE. BRECCIA CEMENTED WITH SILICA; BRICK RED HEMATITE COATING FRACTURE SURFACES- IN BRECCIA; SOME SURFACES COATED WITH BLADED WHITE CALCITE CR-YSTALS. 30-FT WIDE BRECCIA ZONE IS EXPOSED TO THE SE ALONG STR-IKE FOR 200-300 FT. N40-50E-TRENDING SET OF WHITE QUARTZ VEINS- CUT BY THE BRECCIA ZONE |
| Deposit | EXPLORED FOR MERCURY DURING THE PERIOD OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE EUREKA MINE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1975 | Gassaway, Judith S. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-JAN-1986 | La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-FEB-1981 | Royse, Sue E. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-SEP-1994 | Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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