| Deposit ID | 10045338 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M233044 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Keg Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.94872, 38.37799 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2220 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Mineral(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Bettles Well(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 > Shale | ||||
| Rock unit name | Dunlap Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Dunlap Formation | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -117.94872, 38.37799 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Cinnabar Canyon And Lost Steers Thrust Faults |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Cinnabar Canyon Thrust Fault, Smaller Fault |
| General form | LINEAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Pilot Mountain District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Anderson, A. J. And Spencer, L. B. |
| Home office | Mina, Nevada |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M233044 |
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 SOUTHER PILOT MOUNTAINS, MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 973-D, P 143-71.
BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944. QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NEVADA UNIV. BULL. V 38 NO. 5, GEOLOGY AND MINING SER. NO. 41.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | POWDERY CINNABAR AND POSSIBLY METACINNABARITE OCCUR WITH CALCITE IN AND NEAR A SMALL, FLAT, NORTHWESTWARD-TRENDING FAULT THAT DISPLACES THE CINNABAR CANYON THRUST. |
| Deposit | ON A GROUP OF 5 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. PRODUCTION IS UNKNOWN BUT THOUGHT TO BE SMALL |
| 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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