| Deposit ID | 10047254 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M242526 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Omaniimalnia Claim |
| Alternate or previous names | NBMG Sample Site 2675 |
| Related records | 10271725 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.14486, 40.13657 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pershing(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Buffalo Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Dixie Valley(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 | Pershing |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 026N | 034E | 10 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mercury | Primary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cinnabar | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 177 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 27a |
| Deposit model name | Hot-spring Hg |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Dun Glen | ||||
| Rock description | Dun Glen | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -118.14486, 40.13657 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Nw- Striking Faults, N-S Striking Faults |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Fractures |
| Strike | N-S TO N 5 E |
|---|---|
| Dip | 90 |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Antelope Springs District; Relief District |
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| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M242526 |
TINGLEY, J.V., 1985, FIELD EXAMINATION, JUNE 20, 1985.
JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, NBMG BULL 89, P. 48-49, PL.I.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | WIDE BRECCIA ALONG VERTICAL SHEAR ZONE IN LIMESTONE AND FISSILE SHALE. UPPER CUT IS IN LIMESTONE; LOWER IN SHALE. BRECCIA IS COMPOSED OF FRAGMENTS OF SILICIFIED LIMESTONE AND SHALE CEMENTED BY QUARTZ WITH SOME CALCITE. THE BRECCIA IS VUGGY, HAS BRIGHT RED CINNABAR IN SOME FRAGMENTS. A FRACTURE CUTTING THE BRECCIA IS LINED WITH A THICK COATING OF MALACHITE AND CALCITE. BRECCIA FOR 1 TO 2 INCHES AWAY FROM FRACTURE IS HEAVY WITH LIMONITE AND DISSEMINATED CINNABAR. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1985 | La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-SEP-1994 | Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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