| Deposit ID | 10103790 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M055324 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Inman Prospect |
| Alternate or previous names | Inman Mine, Summit Springs, Crystal Quick, Red Wing Grp |
| Related records | 10222449 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.93316, 38.35854 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2515 |
| Relative position | 0.7 MILES N-NW OF BETTY SPRING. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Mineral(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Eddyville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Tonopah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(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 | Mineral |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 006N | 036E | 23 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mercury | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cinnabar | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert | ||||
| Rock unit name | Excelsior Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Excelsior Formation | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -117.93316, 38.35854 |
|---|
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | NE |
| Dip | 40 S OR 70 S |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1916 |
| Discoverer | Carl Reik, Ed Messenger |
| Production years | TO 1940 |
| District name | Pilot Mountains District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Federal |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Clay Coveny And Herbert Pickle |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 228.6M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M055324 |
BAILEY, E. H., U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES
BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41
ROSS, 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 58
PHOENIX AND CATHCART, 1951, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN THE SOUTHERN PILOT MOUNTAINS, MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 973 - D
USBM UNPUB DATA
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-1975 | Gassaway, Judith S. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JUL-1981 | Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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