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Apollo Claims

Occurrence in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Mercury, Gold, Uranium, 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047286
MRDS ID M242564
Record type Site
Current site name Apollo Claims
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 2417, Nevada Cinnabar Group
Related records 10149417

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.16767, 41.93655 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Disaster Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denio(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vya(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper 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 047N 034E 21 SE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • HEAD OF CHINA CREEK . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Gold Primary
Uranium Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2417 FROM STORAGE PILE (CINNABAR-BEARING?) CONTAINS 5% FE, 0.1% MG, 0.3% CA, 0.5% TI, 100 PPM MN, 100 PPM B, 1500 PPM BA, 1.5 PPM BE, 10 PPM CR, 20 PPM CU, 50 PPM LA, 5 PPM MO, 5 PPM NI, 70 PPM PB, 10 PPM SC, 20 PPM V, 70 PPM Y, 300 PPM ZR.

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 Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.16767, 41.93655
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Disaster District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • A SERIES OF E-W CUTS AND TRENCHES ON EAST SIDE OF DIVIDE FROM CHINA CREEK. ABOUT 7-10 CUTS SPREAD OUT OVER 1/8-1/4 MILE, STARTING WHERE ROAD MEETS DIVIDE AND RUNNING SOUTH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E.H. AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, NBMG BULL 41, P. 100

  • Deposit

    JONES, R.B., 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION, 8-16-84, AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG BULL. 59.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION IN DARK COLORED GLASSY VOLCANIC BRECCIA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-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

Beyond USGS

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

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