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De Longchamps Prospect

Occurrence in Lyon county in Nevada, United States with commodities Mercury, Antimony
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040597
MRDS ID M055429
Record type Site
Current site name De Longchamps Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.27766, 39.46907 (WGS84)
Elevation 1804
Relative position 1 MI N OF TALAPOOSA MINE, 6 MI NW OF SILVER SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lyon(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stockton Flat Well(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Carson(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 Lyon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 019N 024E 34 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION TO CENTER OF SECTION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CINNABAR IS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH STIBNITE AS BLEBS AND VEINLETS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Stibnite Ore
Chalcedony Gangue
Opal Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

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 Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Rock unit name Desert Peak Formation
    Rock description Desert Peak Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.27766, 39.46907
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zone, N 70 W

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 70 W
    Dip 60 S
    Length 182.88M
    Width 3.66M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years TO 1962

Mining district

District name Ramsey District

Comments on the production information

  • 1 - 10 FLASKS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LAWRENCE, 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 61

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    ROSE, 1969, GEOLOGY OF PARTS OF THE WADSWORTH AND CHURCHILL BUTTE QUADRANGLES, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 71.

  • Production

    LAWRENCE AND WILSON

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1975 Gassaway, Judith S. U.S. Geological Survey

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