NBMG Sample Site 2339

Occurrence in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodity Mercury
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047472
MRDS ID M242828
Record type Site
Current site name NBMG Sample Site 2339

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.93763, 40.08601 (WGS84)
Elevation 1400

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Logan Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fish Creek Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 026N 036E 33 NW OF NW OF NE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2339 FROM CINNABAR-BEARING LIMESTONE ON DUMP CONTAINS 5 % FE, +10 % MG, +20 % CA, 0.005 % TI, 5000 PPM MN, 2 PPM AG, 500 PPM BA, 20 PPM CU, 7 PPM NI, 200 PPM PB, 200 PPM SR, 10 PPM V, AND 500 PPM ZN.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 177
USGS model code 27a
Deposit model name Hot-spring Hg

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Boyer Ranch
    Rock description Boyer Ranch
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.93763, 40.08601

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N45E
    Dip 65 SE
    Width 1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • N45e, 65 Se Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Table Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE INCLINED SHAFT 10 M DEEP; DRILLHOLES IN AREA JUST NE.

Comments on development

  • NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1984, BUT RECENT FLAGGING AND "TOPOFIL" LINE INDICATE RECENT SAMPLING ACTIVITY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L. J., 15 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE SITE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M. G., 1977, NBMG BULL 89, PL. I.

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CINNABAR OCCURS AS FRACTURE COATING IN MEDIUM GRAY RECRYSTALIZED LIMESTONE. THE WORKINGS ARE ALONG A N45E, 65 SE FAULT ZONE UP TO 1M WIDE IN THE LIMESTONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1987 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.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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