| Deposit ID | 10045336 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M233042 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Hitt Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.99427, 38.36576 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2316 |
| Relative position | 10 MILES SE OF MINA |
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 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Dunlap Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Dunlap Formation | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -117.99427, 38.36576 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Cinnbar Canyon And Lost Steers Thrust Faults |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Faults |
| Strike | NW |
|---|---|
| Dip | S7 DEGREES SW |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1929 |
| Discoverer | Bert Hilt, Mina, Nevada |
| Year of first production | 1940 |
| Year of last production | 1948 |
| District name | Pilot Mountains District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Bert Hilt, Mina, Nevada |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 121.92M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M233042 |
ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 58.
PHOENIX, D.A., AND CATHCART, J.B., 1952, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN THE SOUTHERN PILOT MOUNTAINS, MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 973-D, P. 143-171.
BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA. NEVADA UNIV. BULL, V. 38, 00.5, GEOLOGY AND MINING SER. NO. 41.
PHOENIX, D.A., AND CATHCART, J.B., 1952, P.146
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | CINNABAR, ASSOCIATED WITH CALCITE, MANAGESE AND CLAYS, IS DISSEMINATED IN FAULT GOUGE AND SANDSTONE, OCCURS ALONG BEDDING PLANES IN SANDSTONE, AND FILLS STACKS AND FISSURES IN SANDSTONE. |
| 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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