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Unnamed Mercury Prospect

Occurrence in Pershing 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040588
MRDS ID M055415
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Mercury Prospect
Related records 10150138

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.14347, 40.12129 (WGS84)
Elevation 1366
Relative position 2 1/4 MI. SE OF PERSHING QUICKSILVER MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buena Vista Hills North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 026N 034E 15 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NW/4 SE/4 SEC. 15; UTM APPROX.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
    Rock unit name Lower Unit Of Post-Dun Glen Formation
    Rock description Lower Unit Of Post-Dun Glen Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.14347, 40.12129
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw Normal Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Antelope Springs District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY-NORTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWESTERN UTAH, SUMMARY OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 15-1961; V.1, SO. PACIFIC CO., SAN FRANCISCO 94105

  • Deposit

    WALLACE, ET AL, 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BUFFALO MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, PERSHING AND CHURCHILL COUNTIES, NEVADA: USGS MAP GQ - 821.

  • Deposit

    WALLACE, ET AL., 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF BUFFALO MTN. QUAD., PERSHING AND CHURCHILL COUNTIES, NEVADA; USGS MAP GQ-821

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CINNABAR IN DOLOMITIC CONGLOMERATE
Deposit DEVELOPED BY SEVERAL PITS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1975 Gassaway, Judith S. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-JAN-1981 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
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.

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