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Little Mike Extension

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047455
MRDS ID M242764
Record type Site
Current site name Little Mike Extension

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.39597, 41.41767 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Little Poverty(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Osgood Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Humboldt(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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 041N 041E 19 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM IS TO NEAR CENTER OF SECTION 19. ; 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 Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Harmony
    Rock description Harmony
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.39597, 41.41767
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shearing And Brecciation

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1970

Mining district

District name Poverty Peak District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner F. Stroude (1984?)

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT (NOW CAVED); 30-FT INCLINED SHAFT, SEVERAL SMALL PITS AND TRENCHES; 2 PIPE RETORT

Comments on development

  • CINNABAR ORE PRESENT IN A 2-PIPE RETORT APPEARS TO BE FROM THE LITTLE MIKE PROPERTY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E.H., RYTUBA, J.J., AND JONES, R.B., 1984, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON MERCURY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHEARED AND BRECCIATED LIMESTONE AND SILTY POLOMITE; STOCKWORK IN SEDIMENTS. NO VISIBLE CINNABAR WAS FOUND IN PLACE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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