| Deposit ID | 10045340 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M233046 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Mammoth Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Lucky's Boy, Easter |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.98344, 38.3841 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2134 |
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 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Dunlap Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Dunlap Formation | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | Gold Range Assemblage - Terrigenous clastic and volcanogenic rocks |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Cinnabar Canyon And Lost Steers Thrust Faults |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Fault |
| General form | LINEAR |
|---|---|
| Dip | 55 DEGREE SE |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1929 |
| Discoverer | Ted Mace |
| District name | Pilot Mountain'S Districct |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Lessee/Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Zerad, Eiko |
| Home office | Mina, Nevada |
| First year | 1942 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Wilson, Earle R. |
| Home office | Gabbs, Nevada |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 115.82M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M233046 |
ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 58.
PHOENIX, D.A., AND CATHCART, I.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,NO.5, GEOLOGY AND MINING SER. NO.41.
PHOENIX, D.A., AND CATHCART, J.B., 1952, P. 146; ROSS, D.C., 1961, TABLE 6.4.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | CINNABAR IS ASSOCIATED WITH CLAYS IN FAULT GOUGE AND ELSEWHERE WITH CALCITE IN CRACKS AND FISSURES. THE ORE BODY WAS SMALL, HIGH-GRADE, AND LOCALIZED BENEATH A FLAT CURVE ALONG THE FAULT'S STRIKE. |
| 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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