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Sheep Corral Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045524
MRDS ID M233291
Record type Site
Current site name Sheep Corral Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.63844, 41.15323 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hot Lake(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
Mount Diablo 038N 047E 23 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silica Replacement-Formation Of Opalite

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 177
USGS model code 27a
Deposit model name Hot-spring Hg

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.63844, 41.15323
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Northwest Trending Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 2.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DEPOSIT IS LOCATED ALONG A NORTHWEST TRENDING FAULT ZONE THAT SEPARATES OBSIDIAN ON THE HANGING WALL FROM TUFF ON THE FOOTWALL. BOTH THE FAULT ZONE AND THE FOOT WALL TUFF HAVE BEEN SILICIFIED AND LENTICULAR OPALITE ORE BODIES WHICH LOCALLY ATTAIN 8 FT. IN THICKNESS HAVE BEEN MINED ALONG THIS ZONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1944

Mining district

District name Ivanhoe

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 45.72M
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • 50-FT INCLINED SHAFT AND A CONNECTING DRIFT ABOUT 150-FT LONG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    BAILEY & PHOENIX (1949) QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA, NEV. BUR. OF MINES BULL 41

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FAULT ZONE MINERALIZATION. BOTH FAULT ZONE AND FOOTWALL HAVE BEEN SILICIFIED AND LENTICULAR ORE BODIES OCCUR ALONG THIS ZONE
Deposit LOCATED A MILE WEST OF THE GOVERNOR MINE FURNACE, DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF A 50 FT. INCLINED SHAFT AND A CONNECTING DRIFT APPROX. 150 FEET LONG. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 4 P.; 5 PERS COMM

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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