Seitz Property, Warlock?

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodity Mercury
Sections on this page
  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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045343
MRDS ID M233049
Record type Site
Current site name Seitz Property, Warlock?

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.97788, 38.36993 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position Chose Mine Designation On Map Shown As Warlock Mine

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

  • BETWEEN HITT AND MAMMOTH MINES ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

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) -117.97788, 38.36993

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Cinnabar Canyon And Lost Steers Thrust Faults
Type of structure Local
Structure description Steep Normal Faults

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Steep Normal Faults

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE COUNTRY ROCKS ARE RED AND BROWN SANDSTONE AND CONGLOMERATE, OVERLAIN BY A FINE-GRAINED, PARTLY SILICIFIED WHITE LIMESTONE OF THE DUNLAP FORMATION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pilot Mountains District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Barry, G. J.
    Home office Los Angeles, California

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF 6 SMALL SURFACE PITS, A SMALL SHAFT, AND ONE ADIT ABOUT 70 FT LONG WITH A 2/-FT WINZE.

Comments on development

  • DEVELOPMENT WORK DURING THE FALL OF 1942 YIELDED SOME ORE.

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

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICCKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NEVADA UNIV. BULL., V. 38, NO.5, GEOLOGY AND MINING SER. NO.41.

  • Production

    ROSS, D.C., 1961, TABLE 6.4

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MINE WORKINGS, EXPLORE TWO STEEP NORMAL FAULTS IN THE SILICIFIED LIMESTONE, CINNABAR OCCURS IN FAULT GOUGE AND FILLS CRACKS AND FISSURES IN THE LOCALLY SILICIFIED LIMESTONE. CINNABAR OCCURS IN FAULT GOUGE AND FILLS CRACKS AND FISSURES IN THE LOCALLY SILICIFIED LIMESTONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-81 Flynn, Patricia D. (Tingley, J. V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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