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Montgomery Summit Property

Occurrence in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Mercury, Gold
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045318
MRDS ID M233020
Record type Site
Current site name Montgomery Summit Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.36262, 37.97465 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Montgomery(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Benton Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Inyo National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001N 032E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Chalcedony Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Intermediate Volcanic Rocks
    Rock description Intermediate Volcanic Rocks
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Buena Vista District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner James Haughton, J. D. Newson

Comments on development

  • DEVELOPED AS A MERCURY PROSPECT IN 1940; EARLIER WAS A GOLD PROSPECT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 58.

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NEVADA UNIV. BULL., V.38 NO.5, GEOLOGY AND MINING SER. NO.419

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINLETS OF CINNABAR IN NORTH-TRENDING SHEAR ZONE IN POST-ESMERALDA VOLCANIC ROCKS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1981 Flynn, Patricia D. (Tingley, J. V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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