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Trojan Prospect

Occurrence in Nye 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. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040593
MRDS ID M055425
Record type Site
Current site name Trojan Prospect
Alternate or previous names South View, Southview Property
Related records 10295052

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.91094, 38.6327 (WGS84)
Elevation 1826
Relative position 3.1 MILES S-SE OF PACTOLUS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Granny Goose Well(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gabbs 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 009N 037E 21,22, Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) The Tuff Is Sheared And Bleached.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Welded Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Welded Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) Younger tuffaceous sedimentary rocks
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Andesite-Rhyolite Contact

Ore body information

  • General form SMALL SEAMS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • No Information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Athens District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Kenneth Dunhams
    Home office Mina, Nv.
    First year 1966

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 4.57M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 15 FT SHAFT AND SEVERAL SHALLOW TRENCHES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOLMES, G.H. JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE U.S.: U.S. BUR. OF MINES, INF. CIRC. 8252, P. 285

  • Deposit

    LAWRENCE AND WILSON, 1962, MERCURY OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA: NBMG MAP 7. ONE MILLION SCALE SET.

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NBMG, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1975 Gassaway, Judith S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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