| Deposit ID | 10043969 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M231281 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Plymouth Property |
| Alternate or previous names | O'Leary Quicksilver |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.65958, 40.93628 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1707 |
| Relative position | 5 MILES SE OF WINNEMUCCA; 1 MI SW OF HARMONY MNE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Humboldt(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Winnemucca East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Winnemucca(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Humboldt |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mercury | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cinnabar | Ore |
| Model code | 177 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 27a |
| Deposit model name | Hot-spring Hg |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite |
| Rock unit name | Harmony Formation |
| Rock description | Harmony Formation |
| (1) | -117.65958, 40.93628 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Sonoma Thrust |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Prospect In Lower Plate, Upper Plate Harmony Formation |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1929 |
| Discoverer | Bob Beko |
| Production years | 1941 |
| District name | Harmony District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Greenan Quicksilver Co., |
| First year | 1941 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Greenan Quicksilver Co. |
| First year | 1941 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M231281 |
BAILEY, EDGAR H., AND D. A. PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 41
BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES.
GILLULY, 1967, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WINNEMUCCA QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT AND PERSHING COUNTIES, NEVADA, USGS MAP GQ 656.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY...NORTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWESTERN UTAH-SUMMARY OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1955-1961: VOL. 1, SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, SAN FRANCISCO, 94105.
BAILEY, E. H., AND PHOENIX, D. A., 1944
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ALTERED DIKES |
| Deposit | GREENAN QUICKSILVER COMPANY EXPLORED THE PROPERTY IN 1941. SHORT ADITS EXPLORE MILDLY METAMORPHOSED SANDSTONE, GRITS, AND EASTERLY-TRENDING SILICIFIED AND ALTERED DIKES OF RHYOLITE. CINNABAR IS SAID TO OCCUR IN SCATTERED PODS AND VEINLETS IN THE ALTERED DIKES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Deposit | THIS RECORD HAS BEEN MERGED WITH M055353, WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-1975 | Gassaway, Judith S. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-DEC-1980 | Tingley, J.V. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-APR-1993 | Phinisey, J. D. (Marcus, S.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-SEP-1994 | Li, Zhiping (Moyer, Lorre A.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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