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Lark Group

Past Producer in Elko 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045517
MRDS ID M233282
Record type Site
Current site name Lark Group
Alternate or previous names Rattlesnake, Lucky Boy, Roseberry, Cinnabar Gr. Homestead, Ivanhoe

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.59705, 41.13684 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Willow Creek Reservoir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tuscarora(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rock(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
038N 048E 30 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.59705, 41.13684
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures, Fissure Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1915

Mining district

District name Ivanhoe

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • 10 CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH R.M. (1976-56) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO. NEV., USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT

  • Deposit

    BAILEY & PHOENIX (1944) QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA, NEV BUREA OF MINES BULL 41

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CINNABAR-BEARING FRACTURES TRENDING NORTHERLY THROUGH A GLASSY BLACK TUFF.
Deposit DISCOVERED IN 1915, THE GROUP CONSISTS OF 10 CLAIMS DEVELOPEMENT CONSISTS OF SHALLOW WORKINGS WHICH EXPLORE CINNABAR-BEARING FRACTURES TRENDING NORTHRLY THROUGH A GLASSY BLACK TUFF

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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