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Hydrargyrum Claims

Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Mercury, Gold, Barium-Barite
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047260
MRDS ID M242535
Record type Site
Current site name Hydrargyrum Claims
Alternate or previous names Red Arrow Located On Workings, NBMG Sample Site 2440.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.29405, 41.5471 (WGS84)
Elevation 1414

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mustang Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denio(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vya(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Quinn(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 042N 033E 05 PROJECTED FROM WEST NE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN SAND CANYON; UNSURVEYED AREA ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Gold Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Cinnabar Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2440 OF HIGHLY FE-STAINED, FRACTURED, BRECCIATED RHYOLITE, WITH SOME ANDESITE, MINOR QUARTZ VEINLETS, CONTAINS 3% FE, 0.1% MG, 0.5% CA, 0.5% TI, 1000 PPM MN, 70 PPM B, +5000 PPM BA, 50 PPM CO, 70 PPM CR, 150 PPM CU, 50 PPM LA, 15 PPM NI, 15 PPM PB, 100 PPM SB, 10 PPM SC, 1000 PPM SR, 150 PPM V, 70 PPM Y, 150 PPM ZR.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.29405, 41.5471
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bottle Creek District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Asarco (American Smelting And Refining Co.)
    First year 1984

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN STOPE CONNECTS TO DRIFTS BELOW ON SOUTHERLY KNOB. TRENCH WITH OPEN ADIT/SHAFT ON NORTHERLY KNOB. MINOR OTHER DOZER CUTS BETWEEN TWO KNOBS. 2-PIPE RETORT BELOW SHAFT ON EAST SIDE OF KNOB. NORTHERLY KNOB HAS 3 DOZER TRENCHES CUT ON EAST SIDE, APPROXIMATELY 100-150 FT LONG BY 15 FT WIDE. THE MOST NORTHERLY OF THESE HAS AN ADIT RUNNING ON INTO HILL AND SHAFT AT SW CORNER. ALSO, A SMALL 1 PIPE RETORT IS LOCATED HERE.

Comments on development

  • DRILL RIG SET UP AND WORKING IN MIDDLE OF ROAD ON RED ARROW CLAIMS. - PROBABLY GOLD EXPLORATION - WITH MINOR PAST HG PRODUCTION FROM SMALL RETORT. CLAIMS (51) STAKED BY THOMAS A. CALHOUN, OF ASARCO, OCT. 1983.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JONES, R.B., 1984, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION, 9-15-84.

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG BULL 59.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ANDESITE MAY BE A DIKE, (?) AND MOST OF WORK AND PRODUCTION HERE CAME FROM RHYOLITE. CURRENT DRILLING APPEARS TO BE IN THE ANDESITE WHICH APPEARS TO BE VERTICAL IN ITS SETTING. AT NORTHERN MOST WORKING, SHAFT IS SUNK ALONG CONTACT OF ANDESITE/RHYOLITE, AND INDICATIONS ARE THAT PRODUCTION, HERE, IF ANY, CAME FROM THE ANDESITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1985 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.

Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

  • Asarco (American Smelting And Refining Co.) — acquired by Asarco LLC, subsidiary of Grupo México (2009)
    American Smelting and Refining Co. Filed Chapter 11 in 2005; acquired out of bankruptcy by Grupo México in 2009.

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