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Humboldt

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. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040615
MRDS ID M055457
Record type Site
Current site name Humboldt

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.26209, 40.59711 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280
Relative position 1/2 MI S OF HUMBOLDT, WEST SIDE OF SO. PACIFIC R.R.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rye Patch Reservoir South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eugene Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 032N 033E 33 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Mercury Ore
Gypsum Gangue
Sulfur Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.26209, 40.59711
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41

  • Deposit

    RUSSELL, 1885, GEOLOGICAL HISTORY OF LAKE LAHONTAN, A QUATERNARY LAKE OF NORTHWESTERN NEVADA: USGS MON. 11

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1975 Gassaway, Judith S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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