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Turillas Mine

Past Producer 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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098454
MRDS ID M055347
Record type Site
Current site name Turillas Mine
Alternate or previous names Red Ant, Conchita Mine, Sonoma Mine
Related records 10125769

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.45764, 41.34989 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position 30 MILES NNE OF WINNEMUCCA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hot Springs Peak(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 040N 040E 15,10 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Calcite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2452 OF METASANDSTONE CUT BY NUMEROUS QUARTZ VEINLETS COLLECTED FROM THE MOUTH OF THE ADIT, CONTAINS 3.3 LB-/T HG,1.5 % FE, 0.2 % MG, 5 % CA, 0.05 % TI, 300 PPM MN, 200 P-PM AS, 50 PPM B, +5000 PPM BA, 1.5 PPM BE, 5 PPM CO, 20 PPM CR-, 20 PPM CU, 20 PPM LA, 30 PPM NI, 500 PPM SB, 5 PPM SC, 150 P-PM SR, 50 PPM V, 10 PPM Y, 100 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 Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Pumpernickel Formation;Havallah Formation
    Rock description Pumpernickel Formation;Havallah Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.45764, 41.34989
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Reg.Struct: Thrust Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne Normal Fault 1 - 1/2 Mi To Nw

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip STEEP NW AND SE
    Thickness 22.86M
    Length 30.48M
    Width 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciated Bedding Shears; Crush Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.COM: MOST ORE CONFINED TO BRECCIATED BEDDING SHEARS AND CRUSH ZONES; SOME GOOD ORE FILLS CROSS-FRACTURES CINNABAR IN THE SURFACE WORKINGS OCCURS AS LARGE, ISOLATED CRYSTALS, AS NARROW VEINLETS AND, IN LESSER AMOUNTS, AS SMALL DISSEMINATED CRYSTALS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1940
Year of first production 1945

Mining district

District name Poverty Peak District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Domingo And Frank Turillas
    First year 1984

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS, 4 TRENES. ONE ADIT, OPEN, TRENDS N8E, COLLARED AT BASE OF SMALL HILL, PROBABLY LESS THAN 100 FT LONG.

Comments on development

  • SOMEONE HAD BEEN SAMPLING THE AREA WITHIN THE PAST WEEK AT THE TIME OF EXAMINATION IN APRIL, 1985.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT CO., NEV; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 59.

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA; NEV. U. BULL. VOL. 38 NO. 5; GEOL A MIN SER. NO 41

  • Deposit

    JONES, R. B., 29 APR 85, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1943, UNPUBLISHED DATA, NBMG MINING DISTRICT FILE 137, ITEM 4.

  • Production

    BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE 7 CLAIMS AND FRACTIONS WERE KNOWN BUT NOT DEVELOPED UNTIL AFTER THEY WERE PURCHASED IN 1940 BY F. TURILLAS. 4 SHALLOW TRENCHES EXPLORE A MINERALIZED ZONE 100 FT. LONG AND 20 FT WIDE. 2 ADITS WERE BEING DRIVEN IN 1944. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1974 Bergquist, Joel R. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-MAR-1986 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

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