| Deposit ID | 10047475 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M242831 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Storm Prospect |
| Alternate or previous names | Wagon Wheel Claims, Storm Property, Storm Location |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.87707, 40.08434 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1554 |
| Location accuracy | 500(meters) |
| Relative position | Est +/-500 M |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Pershing |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 026N | 036E | 36;25 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mercury | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cinnabar | Ore |
| Model code | 177 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 27a |
| Deposit model name | Hot-spring Hg |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone | ||
| |||
| (1) | Gabbro complex, anorthosite, and albitite |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1941 |
| Discoverer | Tim Smith, Ren Amat, Bob Beko |
| District name | Table Mountain District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 7.62M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M242831 |
BAILEY, E. H., RYTUBA, J. J., JONES, R. B., 1984, UNPUB DATA ON MERCURY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.
NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.
JOHNSON, M. G., 1977, NBMG BULL 89.
BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41
HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA, IN USBM IC 8252
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | WORKINGS EXPLORE A ZONE OF ALTERATION AND SHEARING THAT CUTS LIMESTONE AND SHALE. CINNABAR OCCURS IN VEINS IN THE LIMESTONE EXPOSED IN THE WALLS OF THE SHAFT AND IN A NEARBY TRENCH. |
| Deposit | THIS RECORD IS AN UPDATED VERSION WHICH CONTAINS INFORMATION FROM M055262 THAT WAS DELETED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-74 | Bergquist, Joel R. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-FEB-87 | La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-JUN-91 | Moyer, Lorre A. (Marcus, S.M.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-SEP-94 | Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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