| Deposit ID | 10104043 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M234141 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Hillside Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Hillside Mercury Prospect, La Questa, Metals 1-10, Empire 1-6, Ruth 1-8, Happy Days Claims |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.09569, 40.31934 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1676 |
| Relative position | 1.6 KM SE OF BONANZA KING MINE, 1 MILE SE OF FITTING, 30 MILES S. OF MILL CITY. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pershing(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Fitting(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Lovelock(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 | 028N | 035E | 06;07 | SW OF SW (06); NW OF NW (07) | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mercury | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cinnabar | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Model code | 177 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 27a |
| Deposit model name | Hot-spring Hg |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Natchez Pass Formation |
| Rock description | Natchez Pass Formation |
| (1) | -118.09569, 40.31934 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Shear Zone (N Trending, W Dipping) |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N-S |
| Dip | 60-70W |
| Length | 289.56M |
| Width | 76.2M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1941 |
| Year of first production | 1943 |
| Year of last production | 1971 |
| District name | Spring Valley District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Star Peak Quicksilver Co., Lovelock ; Lund Mining Co. |
| First year | 1955 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Pacific Syndicate Or W. E. Simpson Sr And W. E. Simpson Jr |
| First year | 1936 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 109.73M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M234141 |
BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA; NBMG BULL . 41
HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE U.S.; USBM 1C 8252
JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89
VIKRE, P.G., 1978, GEOLOGY & SILVER MINERALIZATION OF ROCHESTER DISTRICT, PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; PH.D. THESIS STANFORD UNIV. VANDERBURG , W.O., 1936, RECONISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN PERSHING COUNTY: USBM INFO. CIRC. 6902
BAILEY, E.H., RYTUBA, J.J. AND JONES, R.B., 1984, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON MERCURY MINES OF NEVADA
HILLSIDE MINE DRAFT MRDS RECORD, SPRING VALLEY DISTRICT, PERSHING COUNTY; NBMG (TINGLEY); UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES
NBMG STAFF, 1985; NBMG OFR 85-3
SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY... NORTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWESTERN UTAH - SUMMARY OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF 1955-1961: VOL. 1, SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., SAN FRANCISCO, 94105
WALLACE, ET AL, 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE UNIONVILLE QUADRANGLE, PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS MAP GQ - 820
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | FIRST LOCATED IN 1941, AND BEING DEVELOPED IN 1943, WORKED INTERMITTENTLY IN 1950'S. MINE WORKINGS INCLUDE A 110-FOOT INCLINED SHAFT AND ABOUT 250 FEET OF DRIFTS AND RAISES ON 3 LEVELS. MAP GQ-820 SHOWS HILLSIDE MINE IN SW CORNER SE. 6 T28N R35E - SEE KING GEORGE MINE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Deposit | THIS RECORD HAS BEEN MERGED WITH M055269, WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED. LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE OF DELETED RECORD ARE 40-19-60N AND 118-05-18W, BUT DOES NOT MATCH OTHER VERIFIABLE SOURCES. |
| Deposit | MINERALIZED ZONE TRACED ON SURFACE FOR 950 FT; UNDERLYING LIMESTONE WARRANTS FURTHER EXPLORATION (1943). DEEPER ORE CONSISTED OF CINNABAR IN CALCITE VEINLETS IN THE LIMESTONE. LOCALLY, SOME OF THE LIMESTONES ARE SILICIFIED AND CONTAIN NODULES OF OPAL. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-1975 | Gassaway, Judith S. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-DEC-1980 | Royse, Sue E. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-MAY-1986 | Lapointe, D.D. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-NOV-1990 | Skurski, M. (Marcus, Sue) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-APR-1993 | Phinisey, J. D. (Marcus, S.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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