Harry Woods Prospect

Occurrence in Washoe county in Nevada, United States with commodities Mercury, Iron, Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Land status
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040735
MRDS ID M055598
Record type Site
Current site name Harry Woods Prospect
Alternate or previous names Mary Lee, Margaret Dee Claims
Related records 10125408

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.62465, 41.79375 (WGS84)
Elevation 1920
Relative position IN BALD MOUNTAIN CANYON APPROXIMATELY 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SHELDON ANTELOPE REFUGE HEADQUARTERS AND 9 MILES NORTH OF MASSACRE LAKE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bald Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Vya(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vya(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Guano(hydrologic unit)

Oregon Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon Closed Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Washoe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 045N 021E 22 W OF SW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • JUST WEST OF ANTELOPE GROUP. CLAIMS DO NOT LIE WITHIN SHELDON NATIONAL ANTELOPE REFUGE. UTM IS FOR CENTER OF CLAIMS NEAR CREEK CONVERGENCE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Iron Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Gold Ore
Magnetite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Kaolinization, Silicification, Opalization, Hydrothermal

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.62465, 41.79375

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Volcanics Strike North, Dip Gently East
Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw-Trending Faults, Shear Zone

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike NW
    Dip 55 NE TO VERTICAL
  • General form IRREGULAR
    Dip 55 NE TO VERTICAL

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults, Brecciation, Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1940

Mining district

District name Lone Pine District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • FEW SMALL PITS

Comments on development

  • ORIGINALLY PROSPECTED MUCH EARLIER FOR GOLD; LATER STAKED FOR HG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD HAS BEEN MERGED WITH M232565, WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1975 Gassaway, Judith S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1981 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-APR-1993 Phinisey, J. D. (Marcus, S.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Humphries, S. E. (Marcus, S.) U.S. Geological Survey
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.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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