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Merc-Silver Claim

Occurrence in Lincoln 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046386
MRDS ID M241535
Record type Site
Current site name Merc-Silver Claim
Related records 10149635

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.58055, 37.48303 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 MILE NORTH OF JOHN BALLOW'S RANCH, IN MEADOW VALLEY WASH.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elgin NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Clover Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Meadow Valley Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005S 066E 27 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR THE U.P.R.R.; EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

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)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.58055, 37.48303
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1965
Discoverer James Bradshaw

Mining district

District name Viola District (Nearest District)

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner James Bradshaw
    First year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MERCURY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, UNPUBLISHED NBMG MANUSCRIPT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1960'S?
Deposit MINOR SHOW OF CINNABAR IN FRACTURED, LOCALLY ALTERED, IRON-STAINED VOLCANIC ROCKS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1984 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) 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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