| Deposit ID | 10086666 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M060409 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Relief Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Batavia and Pacific, Old Relief Mine |
| Related records | 10150628 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.15264, 40.21462 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2134 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pershing(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Buffalo Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Carson Desert(hydrologic unit)
Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)
Central Lahontan(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 | 27N | 34E | 15 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Tungsten Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Argentite | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 42 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 14a |
| Deposit model name | W skarn |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| (1) | -118.15264, 40.21462 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Nw Trending Thrust Fault |
| General form | VEIN |
|---|---|
| Dip | 55W |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1869 |
| District name | Antelope Springs |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Rochester Treasure Mining Co. |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M060409 |
JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89
SCHRADER, F.C., 1915, THE ROCHESTER MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA; USGS BULL. 580, P. 362-364
LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA; NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBL. P. 212
JOHNSON, 1977
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DISCOVERED IN 1869 AND WORKED MAINLY IN THE 1870'S PRODUCING BETWEEN $200,000 AND $2500000 WORTH OF AG ORE TILL 1874. 1898 TO 1905 MINE WAS WORKED ON A REDUC SCALE. MINE NOW OWNED BY ROCHESTER TREASURE MINING CO. THE MINE IS IN THE LOWER MEMBER OF THE PRIDA FORMATION NEAR THE CONTACT WITH THE UNDERLYING WEAVER RHYOLITE OF THE KOIPATO GROUP. RICH SILVER ORE OCCURS NEAR A LOWER TRIASSIE TOPOGRAPHIC HIGH FORMED BY A TRIASSIC RHYOLITE PORPHYRY INTRUSIVE THAT MAY HAVE BEEN THE SOURCE OF REMOBILIZED SILVER. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Deposit | AN ARGENTIFEROUS QUARTZ VEIN IS IN THE LOWER MEMBER OF THE PRIDA FM NEAR THE LOWER CONTACT. RICH SILVER ORE OCCURS NEAR A LOWER TRIASSIC TOPOGRAPHIC HIGH FORMED BY A TRIASSIC RHYOLITE PORPHYRY INTRUSION THAT MAY HAVE BEEN THE SOURCE OF THE SILVER. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1979 | Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-OCT-1980 | Royse, Sue E. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-SEP-1994 | Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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