| Deposit ID | 10044141 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M231487 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Limerick Gold Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Rochester Merger Mines |
| Related records | 10222657 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.15847, 40.29212 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2063 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pershing(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Rochester(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Carson Desert(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Pershing |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 028N | 034E | 16 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cerargyrite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Proustite | Ore |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Sericite | Gangue |
| Model code | 273 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 36a |
| Deposit model name | Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
| Mark3 model number | 27 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite |
| (1) | -118.15847, 40.29212 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Sheared Zone |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Rochester District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M231487 |
SCHRADER, F. C., 1914, ROCHESTER MINING DISTRICT, NEAVADA: IN USGS BULL. 580
VIKRE, P. G., 1978, GEOLOGY AND SILVER MINERALIZATION OF THE ROCHESTER DISTRICT, PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: PH.D. THESIS STANFORD UNIV.
NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3
BONHAM, H. F., JR., 1984, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | GOLD IN FINE PARTICLES IN 2 OR MORE ORE-BEARING BYERS OF BRECCIA COMPOSED OF QUARTZ & RHYOLITE. |
| Deposit | THE MINE PREDATES ROCHESTER SILVER DISCOVERY BY SEVERAL YEARS, AND IS WITHIN 1 KM OF THE LARGE WEST VEIN OUTCROPS OF THE ROCHESTER MINES. MINE IS OPENED MAINLY BY A 90 FOOT INCLINE OF 15 DEG WHICH EXTENDS N20W ALONG TWO OR MORE ORE-BEARING LAYERS OF BRECCIA COMPOSED OF QUARTZ & RHYOLITE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1980 | Royse, Sue E. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-MAY-1986 | La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-SEP-1994 | Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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