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Big Deal Claims

Occurrence in Humboldt 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. 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. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045069
MRDS ID M232728
Record type Site
Current site name Big Deal Claims
Related records 10149507

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.44347, 41.37378 (WGS84)
Elevation 1600
Relative position 10 MILES SE OF TOWN OF PARADISE VALLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hot Springs Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Osgood Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 040N 040E 02,03 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NW FLANK OF HOT SPRINGS PEAK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz 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 Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Pumpernickel;Havallah
    Rock description Pumpernickel;Havallah
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.44347, 41.37378
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N45E
    Dip 60-70 NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding-Plane Faults Bound Mineralized Areas

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.COM: CINNABAR IS DISSEMINATED IN NARROW CALCITE AND QUARTZ LENSES PARALLEL TO BEDDING. MINERALIZATION DOES NOT EXTEND INTO THE WALLROCK BEYOND BEDDING PLANT FAULTS. THE DEVELOPED MINERALIZED STRUCTURE IS 1 1/2 FT. WIDE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SHAFT AND CONSIST OF A CENTRAL SILICIFIED ZONE BOUNDED BY 2 FAULTS WITH CINNABAR ALONG EACH FAULT AND WITHIN THE SILICEOUS MATERIAL. THE ADIT STRUCTURE PARALLELS THE SHAFT STRUCTURE 130 FT. TO THE SE. A N10E MINERALIZED FAULT NEAR THE ADIT MAY INTERSECT THE ADIT STRUCTURE TO THE SW PROVIDING A POTENTIAL LOCUS FOR A POD OF HIGH-GRADE CINNABAR AT THE INTERSECTION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1970
Discoverer Zilkey And Thompson

Mining district

District name Poverty Peak District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHORT ADIT, 20-FT SHAFT

Comments on development

  • 3 CONTIGUOUS UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J. V., 1970, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE BIG DEAL CLAIMS; ON FILE AT NEV. BUREAU OF MINES.

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E. H., RYTUBA, J. J. AND JONES, R. B., 1984, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON MERCURY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IN 1970, THE BIG DEAL CONSISTED OF 3 CONTIGUOUS UNPATENTED CLAIMS. DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF A 20-FT. SHAFT AND SHORT ADIT EACH EXPOSING NARROW MINERALIZED FAULT ZONES. ANY POTENTIAL IS FOR SMALL, HIGH-GRADE MERCURY ORE INSUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT A LARGE MINING OPERATION. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1981 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-MAR-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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