| Deposit ID | 10045328 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M233031 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Allen Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Spring |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.99122, 38.36215 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2438 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Mineral(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Eddyville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Tonopah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Tonopah(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
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 | Mineral |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 006N | 036E | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mercury | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cinnabar | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Clay | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Dunlap Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Dunlap Formation | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -117.99122, 38.36215 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Thrust And Normal Faults |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Faults-Two Thrust Faults, The Cinnabar Canyon And Lost Steers Thrusts |
| General form | LINEAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1919 |
| Discoverer | E. Allen |
| Year of last production | 1943 |
| District name | Pilot Mountains District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Allen, E. (Estate Of) |
| Home office | Mina, Nevada |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall length | 152.4M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M233031 |
ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 58.
BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NEV. UNIV., V. 38, NO. 5, GEOLOGY AND MINING SER. NO 41.
PHOENIX, D.A., AND CATHCART, J.B., 1952, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN THE SOUTHERN PILOT MOUNTAINS, MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. BULL. 973-D, P. 143-171.
ROSS, D.C., 1961, TABLE 6.4; PHOENIX, D.A., AND CATHCART, J.B., 1952, P. 146
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE ORE BODIES WERE LOCALIZED AT THE INTERSECTION OF TWO NORMAL FAULTS AND OCCURRED AS SMALLER BODIES ALONG THE MAIN FAULT, WHICH TRENDS N 30DEG W. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1981 | Flynn, Patricia D. (Tingley, J. V.) | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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