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Lost Steers Mine

Past Producer in Mineral 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045339
MRDS ID M233045
Record type Site
Current site name Lost Steers Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.9465, 38.36854 (WGS84)
Elevation 2487

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 006N 036E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTHE OF MINA DEVELOPMENT CORP. MINE, NEARER TOP OF RIDGE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calomel Ore
Cinnabar Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Stibiconite Gangue
Stibnite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 175
USGS model code 26c
Deposit model name Barite-fluorite veins

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Dunlap Formation
    Rock description Dunlap Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.9465, 38.36854
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Cinnabar Canyon And Lost Steers Thrust Faults
Type of structure Local
Structure description Several Small Faults, Seen Only Underground, And A Well-Developed Vertical Fault

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults, Shear Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE MAIN WORKINGS EXPLORE A JOINTED, BROKEN LIMESTONE LENS IN THE DUNLAP FORMATIN, BUT A LOWER HAULAGE LEVEL HAS BEEN DRIVEN IN BROWN SANDY LIMESTONE AND SHALE LYING CONFORMABLY BENEATH THE LIMESTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1913
Discoverer Thomas Pepper & Charles Keough
Year of last production 1941

Mining district

District name Pilot Mountains District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Anderson, A. J. And Spencer, L. B.
    Home office Mina, Nevada
    First year 1941

Comments on the production information

  • ANNUAL PRODUCTION INCLUDED IN MINA DEVELOPMENT CO. MINE LISTING

Comments on the workings information

  • A SMALL GLORY HOLE, 40 FT LONG, 25 FT WIDE, 30 FT DEEP; AND SEVERAL SMALL ADJOINING CROSSCUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    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.

  • 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.41.

  • Production

    PHOENIX, D.A., AND CATHCART-T.B., 1952, P. 146

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SAME GROUP OF CLAIMS AS THE MINA DEVELOPMENT COMPANY MINE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit CINNABAR OCCURS: (1) AS CRYSTALS IN CALCITE VEINLETS IN LIMESTONE. (2) AS AN EARTHLY VARIETY FILLING CRACKS AND CAVITIES IN LIMESTONE, (3) AS CRYSTALS ASSOCIATED WITH CALCITE IN THE FAULT GOUGE, (4) AS CRYSTALS REPLACING STIHNITE. THE ORE BODY CONSISTED OF SMALL, SCATTERED, DISCONTINUOUS VEINLETS OF CINNABAR IN BROKEN LIMESTONE. IT WAS LOCALIZED IN A FRACTURED ZONE IN THE LIMESTONE, AND AT ITS BOTTOM WAS THE NEARLY FLAT LIMESTONE-SHALE CONTACT. NEAR THE MAIN WORKINGS, MANY CINNABAR- BEARING CALCITE STRINGERS CUT THE LIMESTONE ADJACENT TO SMALL FAULTS, BUT THEY ARE NOT SUFFICIENTLY NUMEROUS TO FORM ORE.

Reporter information

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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